Khalid Bunoir, a twenty-nine-year-old Muslim from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, observes what his faith prescribes for him, including fasting in Ramadan. However, he regularly attends the Catholic Church in Aachen as a volunteer for the BDKJ - the German Catholic Youth Association. “Yes, I am a Muslim, but I also support Christians and other world religions that carry love and kindness,” says Khalid.
Today, the German Catholic Youth Association has more than eighty one thousand members throughout Germany. Volunteers participate in projects aimed at helping those in need and seeking mutual understanding between people of different world religions.
The head of the missionary department of the Catholic Diocese of Aachen, fifty-six-year-old Gerhard Nellesen, sees nothing out of the ordinary in the fact that among the volunteers of the BDKJ there is not a Catholic and not a Christian at all. Nellesen reminds that Khalid Bunoir is a comedian and generally quite a well-known person in Aachen. Thanks to this, he manages to humorously convey to a large number of people the idea of the peaceful coexistence of representatives of different confessions in society, which ultimately benefits everyone.
Today, the German Catholic Youth Association has more than eighty one thousand members throughout Germany. Volunteers participate in projects aimed at helping those in need and seeking mutual understanding between people of different world religions.
The head of the missionary department of the Catholic Diocese of Aachen, fifty-six-year-old Gerhard Nellesen, sees nothing out of the ordinary in the fact that among the volunteers of the BDKJ there is not a Catholic and not a Christian at all. Nellesen reminds that Khalid Bunoir is a comedian and generally quite a well-known person in Aachen. Thanks to this, he manages to humorously convey to a large number of people the idea of the peaceful coexistence of representatives of different confessions in society, which ultimately benefits everyone.
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