A senior member of the Muslim community in Germany should be given the Muslims living in the country on an official holiday a year, to celebrate the far-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, sparking criticism from within his ruling conservative party led by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Said Aiman Mazyek, head of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, told Vistdoitsch Allgemeine Zeitung local newspapers on Thursday, granting the Germans Muslim holiday Eid would be "an important sign of integration."
Mazyek added that the granting of the holiday "that would highlight tolerance in our society," adding that Muslims working government bodies such as the police, can replace their fellow Christians in the work, during Christian holidays such as Easter.
Faced Germany in some cases charges of failing to make sufficient efforts to integrate its Muslim population, estimated at about four million, mostly descended from Turkish origin, but some Germans conservatives say it is the duty of Muslims to adapt to the customs and traditions of society, which is overwhelmingly Christian.
The Wolfgang Busbach refused a prominent member of the Christian Democratic Union led by Merkel call Mazyek, saying that there is no "any Islamic tradition in Germany," and religious holidays in the country reflect its Christian heritage.
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