| − | On September 11, 1683, the two day Siege of Vienna commenced. The Holy League turned back the Muslim Turks' encroachment on Europe. [[John III Sobieski|John Sobieski]], King of [[Poland]], who was credited with saving [[Christendom]], said, "We came. We saw. God conquered." 330 years later, Muslims have occupied the city. Muslim students now outnumber [[Roman Catholic]] students at middle and secondary schools.<ref>[http://de.radiovaticana.va/storico/2014/03/21/österreich_mehr_muslime_als_katholiken_an_wiens_hauptschulen/ted-783480 Austria: More Muslims than Catholics at Vienna's main schools], 21/03/2014 (Original in German) </ref> Minister for Foreign Affairs and Integration Sebastian Kurz in 2016 called for the immediate closure of many Islamic kindergartens after discovering an isolation of children from the host culture, and teaching of radical [[Islamist]] ideology in the schools which recieve 30 million euros in state funding annually. | + | On September 11, 1683, the two day Siege of Vienna commenced. The Holy League turned back the Muslim Turks' encroachment on Europe. [[John III Sobieski|John Sobieski]], King of [[Poland]], who was credited with saving [[Christendom]], said, "We came. We saw. God conquered." 330 years later, Muslims have occupied the city. Muslim students now outnumber [[Roman Catholic]] students at middle and secondary schools.<ref>[http://de.radiovaticana.va/storico/2014/03/21/österreich_mehr_muslime_als_katholiken_an_wiens_hauptschulen/ted-783480 Austria: More Muslims than Catholics at Vienna's main schools], 21/03/2014 (Original in German) </ref> Minister for Foreign Affairs and Integration Sebastian Kurz in 2016 called for the immediate closure of many Islamic kindergartens after discovering an isolation of children from the host culture, and teaching of radical [[Islamist]] ideology in the schools which recieve €30 million ($32 million USD) in state funding annually. |
| | [[File:Austrian presidential election 2016 round 1.png|thumb|300|Results of the first round of the 2016 Austrian presidential election, where the FPÖ (blue) received its best election result at the time (although it was surpassed in the two runoff elections).]] | | [[File:Austrian presidential election 2016 round 1.png|thumb|300|Results of the first round of the 2016 Austrian presidential election, where the FPÖ (blue) received its best election result at the time (although it was surpassed in the two runoff elections).]] |