Interreligious Forum Wiener Neustadt

A platform for encounter and diversity

Initiators
Representatives of different religious communities, religious institutions and private citizens. Among the different religions represented are Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Bahá´í Faith.

Occasion
The Forum was founded in 2011 with the intention to foster peaceful communal life of people with different faiths, cultural backgrounds and worldviews, living in Wiener Neustadt.

Target Groups
Representatives of different religious communities, religious institutions and private citizens.

Objectives
To draw attention to the unifying elements, to enable real-life encounters in respectful environments and to prevent and eliminate fears, prejudices and mere coexistence.

Topics

• Communal life
• Getting to know each other
• Interreligious practices
• World Religion Day
• Refugee aid
• Peace prayer

Duration
ongoing

Activities
Events and meetings on various themes several times per year, among them: Peace prayer in the mosque, interreligious fests, barbecues, conferences.

Form of Organization
Workgroup consisting of individuals, religious communities and institutions.

Products
Newsletter

Website | Social Media | Contact
www.interreligioesesforum-wienerneustadt.at

Peter Maurer: p.maurer@edw.or.at
Elisabeth Mikl: elisabeth.mikl@gmx.at

editor: jv 2022