Their festivities are worn by thousands of Muslims living in Greece as Ramadan has come to an end and fasting is breaking.

Already yesterday, Muslim communities put on their goodies and met for the Last Iphtarthe meal eaten during Ramadan after sunset. A meeting place was the cultural space in Thebes 245, between the Renti and Nicewhere hundreds of believers gave the “present”.

“It’s the last day of Ramadan (yesterday), we make an Iphtar for everyone to come. Fasting ends on Sunday, breaks and we will do the prayer in Arabic called Eid al-Fitr » says to his camera Orange press Naim Elgadour, President of Muslim Union of Greece.

Eid al-Fitr marks the end of fasting and during this day Muslims are used to giving money to the poor, wearing their good clothes, visiting relatives, hugging, praying together. Eid al-Fitr is considered by the Muslims and as the day of forgiveness, moral victory, peace, brotherhood and unity.

“We have Greeks who come to see but also Greeks who have embraced Islam. We are like an open book for the whole world, to find out who are those who live between them. They must know, not listen to the media they consider to be monsters. Get to know us and get the right opinion » The president of the Muslim Union of Greece emphasizes.

As he explains, he comes from “From Egypt. I was born in 1955, I came here 18 years and now I am 70. I am over 52 years in Greece, I have served in the army, is my homeland anymore. Because the concept of homeland is where you live where you feel safe, where you make a family. Greece has given me all this for this is my homeland. Now whether or not that is right or not this is their problem. Greece has given me security, I have my home, my family heresomething that Egypt has not given me. So I have to appreciate this, I should thank Greece for what it did to me. And so they are all, not only me » Naim Elgadour adds.

The picture outside the Cultural Center in Thebes reminded many of the courtyards of the Christian temples at great celebrations. Families and friends hugging, children – different with the ritual – playing football and hunting, teenagers thinking about how to “escape”.

“There are so many families here. These children may not have seen their native homeland. Here the state must open its eyes, embrace these children. These kids are smart, these kids have an appetite for work, these kids love Greece » says Naim Elgadour, president of the Muslim Union of Greece.