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https://twistislamophobia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Austria_new-government_Islamophobia.jpg700394As the year is still new, the new government program in Austria is drawing fire for its anti-Muslim, xenophobic slant. The program announced on Jan. 1 by the coalition of the center-right Austrian People’s Party (OVP) and the Green Party shows no change from the one applied by the previous government, say critics. Last May, Austria called for early elections following numerous allegations of corruption and irregularities against the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) and its former leader Heinz Christian Strache. Austrians, especially foreigners living in the country, welcomed the formation of a coalition government after the polls. The Greens generally focus on environmental protection and climate change, advocate for more humanitarian laws on immigration and asylum, and take a more liberal attitude towards the protection of the rights of religious and ethnic minorities. This led many Austrians to believe a coalition including the Greens would lead to less Islamophobia and xenophobia. Greens fall flat The coalition government, established under the leadership of OVP leader Sebastian Kurz along with the Greens, proposes extending a headscarf ban, fighting “political Islam,” and extraordinary new security measures such as the detention of immigrants and refugees believed to have the potential to commit ...