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Along with bishops, rabbis, and other clergy, the imams followed the murderer’s path after their own memorial service. From the anchor clock at Hihen Markt, over the Jerusalem staircase to the Ruprechtskirche, then to the city temple at Seitenstettengasse and finally over the Rabensteig to Schwedenplatz.
“Nonviolence in the name of God”
At each of the crime scenes, one paused briefly. Like many passersby who keep lighting candles, placing flowers, crying. There is a reverent silence throughout the Bermuda Triangle. A notable number of police officers give people a sense of security.
The memorial march was organized by community rabbi Schlomo Hofmeister and IGGÖ Imam Ramazan Demir. “If hatred, agitation and violence are exercised in the name of religion, we have to be the first to confront it and condemn it and make it clear that there is no such thing,” explained Hofmeister: “There is no hatred or violence in the name of God. “
IGGÖ expects funds for the prison chaplaincy
Demir, the former head of the Islamic prison chaplaincy, combined the memorial march with a political demand. “The prison chaplaincy must finally be taken seriously and promoted further,” he emphasized. There is currently a full-time Muslim prison chaplain for all 27 prisons in Austria. And that is paid by the IGGÖ.
“Both the prison chaplaincy and the de-radicalization agencies should be promoted,” says Demir. Because prevention through pastoral care and de-radicalization must go hand in hand.
This is also confirmed by the current head of the Islamic prison ministry, Dzemal Sibljakovic. A comparison with other countries shows that one pastor would be efficient for 80 to 100 prisoners. But in Vienna alone he is the only full-time pastor of 500 to 550 Muslim prisoners.
Sea of lights
Together with the Union of Jewish Students, the European Union of Jewish Students and ÖH Uni Vienna, the Austrian Muslim Youth (MJÖ) also commemorated the victims of the Morzinplatz attack on Wednesday afternoon.
