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Broadcaster: Ramadan An 'Old German Custom' Celebrated Longer Than Oktoberfestby CHRIS TOMLINSONBreitbart May. 20, 2018 |
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 German radio broadcaster Deutschlandfunk Kultur has claimed that the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is not only an "old German custom" but that it had been celebrated in the country longer than Oktoberfest. In an article, journalist Eren Guvercin claims that Ramadan is a thoroughly German holiday and that there is no question that Islam belongs to Germany. Guvercin maintains that the practice is older the Oktoberfest, also known in Bavaria as Wiesn. While he provides no evidence for his assertion, the earliest Wiesn celebrations are thought to have been held on 12 October 1810 to celebrate the marriage of Prince Ludwig, later King Ludwig I, and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. The oldest mosque in Germany, by contrast, was built in Berlin in 1915 and was discovered by an archaeological team in 2015. The mosque, which was made of wood, was thought to have been intended for Muslim prisoners of war as it was built inside a World War One-era prison camp. According to Guvercin, the Islamic holy month is as German as the great poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe or noted author of the First World War novel All Quiet on the Western Front Rainer Maria Rilke. Read More |
