Lego rejects Muslim claim over racist Jabba palace set

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Lego managers have rejected a Muslim group’s claims that they backed down and agreed to withdraw their Star wars model of Jabba the Hutt’s palace after they were flooded with complaints from Star Wars fans. Last week Turkish community leaders in the Austrian capital Vienna sent out a press release saying they had forced Lego […]

Austrian Muslims name new leader

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Thousands of Vienna-based Muslims will head to the polls this Sunday to elect a new representative of their community.Around 10,000 members of the religious community registered to participate in the ballot which marks the end of a round of votes across the country. Only 100,000 people will have taken part in all of the elections […]

Archbishop and carollers visit mosque

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Carol singers in Vienna were accompanied by Viennese Archbishop Cardinal Christoph Schönborn as they visited the city’s biggest mosque yesterday (Weds).The children, who collect money for impoverished countries in the traditional singing procession between New Year’s Day and Epiphany (6 January), and the highest representative of the Roman Catholic Church in Austria, were shown round […]