{"id":4906,"date":"2017-10-15T10:50:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T10:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4906-german-minister-suggests-recognizing-muslim-holidays\/"},"modified":"2017-10-15T10:50:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T10:50:09","slug":"german-minister-suggests-recognizing-muslim-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4906-german-minister-suggests-recognizing-muslim-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"German Minister suggests recognizing Muslim holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germany\u2019s Muslim community has welcomed Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere\u2019s suggestion of recognizing Islamic holidays in the country.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Germany\u2019s Muslim community has welcomed Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere\u2019s suggestion of recognizing Islamic holidays in the country.<\/h4>\n<h4>Aiman Mazyek, who chairs the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, said such a move would enhance the integration of Muslim migrants.<\/h4>\n<h4>De Maiziere, a senior minister from Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s Christian Democrat (CDU) party, told an election meeting in Lower Saxony this week he was open to having recognized Muslim public holidays.<\/h4>\n<h4>&#8220;I am ready to discuss whether we can introduce a Muslim holiday,\u201d de Maiziere said, adding that Catholics or Protestants could celebrate their religious festivals in regions where they had a large population.<\/h4>\n<h4>&#8220;In places where many Muslims live, why we don\u2019t consider having a Muslim holiday?\u201d he added.<\/h4>\n<h4>Germany is home to nearly 4.7 million Muslims, and they constitute nearly 5.7 percent of the population. 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