“When liberal democracy is wondered, the guideline of regulation is wondered.”
Vienna (OTS) – The day gone by night time, within the packed coat of palms corridor of Vienna Town Corridor, SOS Mitmensch awarded the Ute Bock Prize for civil braveness, price a complete of three,000 euros. Imam Ramazan Demir and Rabbi Schlomo Hofmeister had been venerated for his or her paintings in colleges towards anti-Semitism and hostility in opposition to Muslims, and the “Nachbarinnen” affiliation for the give a boost to of remoted migrants by means of girls with refugee revel in. The award speeches got by means of former Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky and Diakonie Director Maria Katharina Moser.
In her award speech for the peace and working out paintings of Imam Ramazan Demir and Rabbi Schlomo Hofmeister, Diakonie Director Maria Katharina Moser emphasised: “Of their mission ‘Ambassadors of Social Brotherly love’, they introduce scholars to the spiritual apply of Judaism and Islam, to the peace-making possible of those religions, and likewise carry consciousness of the prospective to give a boost to violence. This mission has won urgency because of the tough assault by means of the 15 May Organization Hamas on Israel on October 7, which brought about a spiral of violence within the Heart East.”
Former Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky stated in his phrases of appreciation for the “Nachbarinnen” affiliation: “The ‘Nachbarinnen’ are a in particular a hit instance of concrete motion. They apply outreach social coverage. They don’t wait till any person seeks lend a hand, however moderately they method people who find themselves faced with issues on their very own initiative and make a decisive contribution to fixing the issues along with the ones affected. On this approach, many 1000’s of other people had been helped over time.”
Former Chancellor Vranitzky additionally issued a robust political caution to the folk of Austria: “Consideration! If some political representatives nowadays query liberal democracy, then that in reality implies that the guideline of regulation is being wondered. And if the guideline of regulation is being wondered, then that logically implies that the rights of the person citizen don’t seem to be the highest precedence. Then freedom of the click, as the root of the working out of democracy, may be in peril. The similar applies to ladies’s freedom to have a secure abortion. We’d like civil braveness now, as a result of differently we can aggravate our residing prerequisites.”
A photograph assessment of the award rite may also be discovered right here:
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