5 hours agoThis also happens: Germany at the conference on Islam serves pork
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Germany's Interior Ministry has said it regrets they have served pork sausage at a conference held in Berlin, where Islam has been the topic of discussion. The ministry declared that the selection of food is done on the basis of the mixed religious affiliation of conference participants. However, they have apologized [...]
In any case, they have apologized for this concession if someone felt that he was religiously offended. The event was led by German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, who in March had declared that Islam does not belong to Germany. However, media report that most of the conference participants were Muslims.
The served salami was made up of ground meat, oatmeal meat, and pork. The move has prompted many reactions. Tuncay Ozdam, German journalist of Turkish descent, wrote in his Twitter account: “What message would the minister like to send? We need some respect for Muslims who don't eat pork meat”. At the beginning of this conference, Minister Seehofer said he wants a German Islam. However, journalist Ozdamar said such an attitude would never have the support of Germany's Muslims.
In a statement, the ministry has said it served 13 kinds of food, including food allowed for Muslims, vegetarian foods and fish meat. It is reported that even at the first conference on Islam in Germany, which was held in 2006, officials had distributed pork ham, writes “BBC”.
