The Islamic month of Ramadan is coming to an end. Muslims do without eating and drinking sunrise to sunset. On Thursday evening, Vienna asked Mayor Michael Ludwig and ümit Vural, president of the Iggö, to traditionally fast in the town hall. The “crown” was at the table.
While the visitors to the styric spring brought the Vienna Rathauplatz to shake, the impressive office of the spirituality of the city manager was in the impressive office. Mayor Michael Ludwig and Ümit Vural, president of the Islamic religious community, invited to interfeligious iftar, the traditional breaking of fast in Ramadan, which is coming to an end.
The large ballroom shines in delicate light green, Eastern music and the voice of prayer prayer. It is the largest event of this kind in Austria. Not only Muslims were on the guest list, but also representatives of Christian churches and the Jewish community.
Important signal
“It should be a signal that Tonight assumes that Islam is part of our society, also part of our city,” explains Michael Ludwig. This year’s motto of this year’s Ramadan is “time for consistency”. Moreover, the mayor emphasized that fasting does not only play a role in Islam.
“We also know this in Christianity, from Ash on Wednesday to Easter,” adds Ludwig, who emphasized the collaboration between religions. 20 Churches and religious communities are finally represented in the religious Council of Vienna. The mayor also referred to the international format of the city, with its many organizations.
Dialog Center Kaiciid published
Ludwig finds it regrettable that the Kaiciid dialogue center has been moved from Vienna to Lisbon. It was founded in 2012 by Saudi Aarabia, Austria and Spain and was in the cross of criticism from the start.
The city leader also admitted that he was rather involuntarily fixed that day because one appointment chased the other. Vienna is in the last sprint of the election campaign.
Date and water
After the joint prayer, the menu started shortly before 6.30 pm. First dates and water were served. Why? “Because the prophet Mohammed broke fast every night with a date and water,” said my neighbor, a friend of Iman. There was nothing on the menu that smoked to Orient.
Own prayer room
Instead, there was Down -ToEArth: Lentil soup with root vegetables, followed by stewed veal with napkins with rods and eventually a soft poppy seeds with blueberries were served. In between, it was possible for believers to put the prayer away from the ballroom in a specially furnished prayer room.
Ümit Vural, the president of the Islamic religious community, referred to the importance of mutual respect in our society.
Source: Krone
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