Eitnergasse 6/5
1230 Vienna
Autriche
- International/Cultural relations
- Religion
- Youth and education
The Austrian-Muslim identity is an interreligious identity. Living the Austrian-Muslim identity means to engage with people of all faiths and work for a better society.
The Muslim Youth Austria promotes education of young people, their active participation in society, interfaith mediation, as well as gender equality combined with contemporary comprehension of Islam and a strong connection to Austria. These emphases were not only innovative in the past, but even today they form the cornerstone of pioneer work in the ongoing development of the Austrian society.
Youth Camps
Each summer and winter hundreds of young people come together from all over the country to take part in the winter and summer camps where they find a huge variety of leisure activities. These adventurous days offer sports activities such as snowboarding, tobogganing, rafting, hiking, football, swimming and mountain biking.
Beside a range of leisure activities emphasis is also put on educational, intellectual and spiritual content: numerous workshops and lectures about socio-political, religious or current topics that concern young people are part of the program as well as congregational prayers and a spiritual atmosphere.
Fast, Share, Help: “Ramadan: Sharing without borders!”
It is one of the most successful social projects Austria has ever witnessed at the grassroots level. Approximately 2.000 young people from all over Austria were engaged during Ramadan to help and share with the poor, helpless and estranged people of society like the homeless, the handicapped, and the elderly in retirement homes or asylum seekers. Teenager of different faiths came together with the goal of humanitarian aid for the weakest in society no matter what they believe in or where they come from.
Multi-ethnic Iftars
Iftars in the month of Ramadan are welcoming opportunities to share one’s believes and opinions with fellow citizens by inviting them for a dinner. The MJÖ not only hosts Iftars for the leaders of youth organizations and societal multipliers but also for the common people at the grassroots level. Only last Ramadan we have invited 3000 people to come and to eat with us and to understand the meaning of Ramadan regardless of faith and ethnic background.
We are a multi ethnical youth organisation with young people from more than 40 different countries and backgrounds. For approximately 20 years we are working in the field of diversity, interfaith and intercultural dialogue . To contribute to the Network we would be happy to share our experiences and experties.
As a group of young people we are innovative and have lot's of ideas we would like to work on within the community of ALF.
We would like to connect with people from different cultures but also within the network of Austria . We would love to share our experiences in the field of youth work and we are keen on bonding with other organisations from various areas. A network like ALF is beneficial for any organisation because of its variety of members. It helps to network within networks and get connected.