Interreligious exchange: students attend the mosque and church in Ravensburg

Interreligious exchange: students attend the mosque and church in Ravensburg

On Thursday, November 28, 2024, the religious teachers Birgit Bader-Sickinger, Christine Schramm, Nathalie Nold and Sophia Aich visited the Mevlana mosque in Ravensburg with the 8th classes of the Bad Waldsee high school. On this traditional excursion, the focus was not only on visiting the mosque, but also the interreligious encounter and the exchange with believing Muslims. The students had the opportunity to take part in the lunch prayer and ask questions. This insight into Muslim's practice was supplemented by a visit to the Catholic Youth Church of St. Jodok, where the young people explored the church room and received an impulse from youth pastoral care. The excursion revealed that religions can also take on modern and flexible design in their rooms, which helped the students to reduce fear of contact. As the Schwäbische Zeitung , it was an educational day that initiated important dialogue.

Friedensappell in front of Ramadan

in another important context, Berlin's Protestant Bishop Christian Stäblein and Catholic Archbishop Heiner Koch emphasized their solidarity with Muslims on the occasion of the upcoming Ramadan. In their joint greeting, published by the Evangelische Zeitung , they expressed their sympathy for the people in the Middle East who suffer from the consequences of the conflict. The bishops called for peace to hope and encouraged both Christians and Muslims to stop in internal retreat during the overlapping Lent. They emphasized the importance of "sharing and hospitality" during the Ramadan, which offers a valuable opportunity for interreligious dialogues.

These two events show that dialogue and understanding between the faith will continue to be promoted both in education and in the religious community. They are of great relevance at a time when such encounters and the exchange of values ​​and traditions are more important than ever.