Young people are planning more events in the spring. The events will include soup kitchen for vulnerable residents of Malmö and to become blood donors together.
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| Harris Cheema from the Ahmadiyya Muslim community was them who cleaned at St. Knut's square. There were many black garbage bags of trash from New Year's Eve. |
Source/Credit: Sydsvenskan
By ydsvenskan | January 1, 2014
It's all about giving back to the community, says Rizwan Elahi.
Shortly after half past nine on the New Year's morning eighteen men arrived with yellow reflective vests to People's Park. In their hands were the black plastic bags. Mission: make an effort to clean day after New Year's Eve.
They have started the day early in the morning with prayer and breakfast in the parish hall at Klågerupsvägen.
"We gathered around twenty sacks so far," says Munir Niazi, who is vice president of the Ahmadiyya community of Malmo area.
After the People's Park, St Knuts square is the next stop. There the bags are filled quickly by picking bottles and packaging from yesterday's fireworks.
Collectors from the city of Malmö says they will come along and take care of the plastic bags that the volunteers patrol has cleaned and collected.
Housekeeping then continued at St. Canute Road and Park Street along the People's Park.
"We do different things like this now and then. It's all about giving back to the community, and to clean up is our common responsibility," says Rizwan Elahi from the youth wing who are the ones who have come up with the idea for New Year's garbage picking.
He says that cleaning is a good and fairly easy way to make a difference for the environment. For the youth wing to stay involved, they see as a way to learn about community involvement and understanding the importance of a clean environment.
Society also wants to work in modulating the image of Muslims.
"Right now there are very negative sentiments about Muslims. We work for peace and love and want to show it," says Rizwan Elahi.
"Yes, there are many Muslims who truly want peace," continues Bilal Igbal, one of those responsible for the community's youth.
He tells us that young people are planning more events in the spring. The events will include soup kitchen for vulnerable residents of Malmö and to become blood donors together.
Thde community's motto is "Love for all, Hatred for none" and the members of the Ahmadiyya community also call themselves "Muslims for Peace". Community is established in around 200 countries around the world and has been in Malmö since the 1980s.
The congregation has now built a new local and mosque at Elisetorpsvägen near the Outer Ring Road. "The hope is that we will be ready by summer," says Munir Niazi.
He says last week's fires in mosques in Eskilstuna, Eslöv and Uppsala has made him uneasy. Community building are guarded round the clock but since the attacks the guards become more vigilant.
"But we do not feel fear. We have been established in Sweden for long. The concern is now more that we feel hurt along with those who have been affected. And we would have felt just as much pain if the victim had been a synagogue or church. We reject all violence," says Munir Niazi.
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