Ramadan Dinner 2025: An evening of community & dialog!

We live in a time where division and conflict characterize our everyday lives.
But it is precisely in times like these that it is more important than ever to come together, meet, and create dialogue across differences.
That is why we held another Ramadan dinner—this time in the banquet hall of Copenhagen City Hall.
The evening was a beautiful celebration of our similarities – and not least our differences – with a delicious festive meal that brought together people from different backgrounds and beliefs. In fact, this year's Ramadan dinner can be called a historic event: it is the first time that a town hall in Denmark has hosted a Ramadan dinner. Copenhagen's mayor for employment and integration, Jens-Kristian Lütken, hosted the event together with Özlem Cekic.
We are very proud of this. We also believe that it sends a strong signal about the need for tolerance and coexistence.
The evening was everything we could have hoped for – and then some.
We think the program and the pictures speak for themselves:

Program for the evening
Welcome by Özlem Cekic and Jens-Kristian Lütken
Stand-up comedy by Ray Samson
Poetry reading by Haidar Ansari
The buffet is open (food presented by Claus Meyer and Güler Yagci)
Speech by Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Musical interlude by Silk Road Orchestra
Thank you for tonight

THANK YOU toeveryone who came yesterday – and to everyone who supported the event. A special thank you goes to the Politiken Foundation and the Tuborg Foundation for their financial support of the event.


THANK YOUto all the performers who spent the evening creating a great atmosphere and making us wiser.


THANK YOU toCafé Mors Varme Hænder and Meyers for a thoroughly exquisite meal!


And last but not least: Thank you to Jens-Kristian Lütken, Mayor for Employment and Integration, for having the courage to insist on bridge-building. It has not been without political opposition.

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