On New Year’s Day a group of 50 men and boys, aging from 10 to 79 years old, from the Muslim Nusrat Djahan congregation in Hvidovre, helped with the clean-up operation following celebrations in the centre of Copenhagen the night before.
It is the fourth year that the group has dedicated their first morning of the year to giving a helping hand in the aftermath of the fireworks and heavy partying at Rådhuspladsen.
“In the past few years it’s become a nice set tradition to meet at the mosque for morning prayers at six o’clock then give a hand with the cleaning up,” Akram Mehmood, one of the participants, told TV2 News.
After tackling Rådhuspladsen the group hit Strøget (Photo: Facebook.com/muslimerforfred)
The action is part of an initiative called Muslimer for Fred (Muslims for Peace). The participants wore fluorescent vests with the message ‘Love to all. Hate to none’.