Global Courant 2023-04-20 12:33:01
NEW YORK
Representatives of the Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities gathered for an iftar dinner in New York on Wednesday.
The iftar meeting held at the Turkevi Center was hosted by the New York Consulate General with the support of the Turkey Communications Directorate.
Turkey’s Special Representative to the UN Sedat Önal said that he is happy to bring people of different faiths together under the roof of Türkevi.
Önal added, “Ramadan is a time for Muslims to contemplate and pray to strengthen all kinds of communities, but it is also a time to share and empathize with those less privileged.”
Reyhan Özgür, Consul General of Turkey in New York, said that this iftar is proof of the friendship that has developed between the believers of the three major religions.
“This year, we welcomed Ramadan with the sadness of the earthquake that took place in Kahramanmaraş on February 6,” he said.
Twin earthquakes in southern Turkey on February 6 killed more than 50,000 people in the country.
Religious leaders, including UN Alliance of Civilizations High Representative Miguel Moratinos, Chairman of the New York Rabbinical Council Joseph Elie Weinstock and Vice President Joseph Potasnik, Archbishop of America Elpidophoros and Imam Shamsi Ali, also attended the meeting.
*Author: Gözde Bayar
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