Nearly Half of Young Muslims in Vienna Say They Are ‘Willing to Die’ For Islam.
Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty ImagesA study commissioned by the Viennese government has found that young Muslims display stricter adherence to Islamic principles and are often more authoritarian than other groups.
According to a report commissioned by the Vienna City Council Office for Education and Integration, carried out by sociologist and integration expert Kenan Güngör, and surveying over 1,200 people aged 14 to 24 in the Austrian capital city, found that one in three young Muslims believe that everyone should follow the requirements of Islam.
A further 41 per cent of Vienna Muslims said that they believed their religion should take precedence over the local laws of Austria, while 46 per cent of Muslim respondents said that they would be prepared to “fight and die” to defend their religion, Die Presse reported. In contrast, just 16 per cent of Christians polled said the same.
Meanwhile, respondents from Islamic-majority lands such as Chechnya and Syria were also the most likely to oppose democracy.
