Photo: Screenshot / ServusTV Ont
‘There is no God but Allah’ – this was projected onto the wall under the official logo of the City of Vienna at the Ramadan festival in Vienna City Hall. In the front row: Vienna’s SPÖ Mayor Michael Ludwig with senior representatives of the Islamic faith community.
What could be read on the wall had nothing to do with the tolerance discussed in the evening’s speeches, analysed the presenter of the ‘Blickwechsel’ programme on ServusTV. SPÖ Mayor Ludwig accepted this sentence unchallenged. After all, almost a quarter of a million Muslims live in Vienna – and the socialist does not want to upset them ahead of the Vienna elections on April 27. He also accepts that the Vienna City Hall will advertise that there is no other God than Alla
In an interview with ServusTV, Ludwig commented on the Allah advert in City Hall:
‘It is the aim of all religious communities to advertise their own faith. And that’s why my goal is for this to be practised in a spirit of togetherness, which is also successful in Vienna.
‘If it weren’t for the prayers in the town hall, where there is no mention of togetherness,’ said the programme creator in the interview’s closing credits. According to Efgani Dönmez, former Green and ÖVP politician, this and more should be taken more seriously than the Mayor of Vienna does. Conservative Islamic forces are gaining more and more influence in politics. He literally told ServusTV:
The Who’s Who of the Islamist scene is represented at this fast-breaking event.
„Es gibt keinen Gott außer Allah“ – Aufregung um Ramadan-Fest im Rathaus – Unzensuriert