The consequences of COVID-19 on Muslim burials

The death toll during the COVID-19 pandemic has been alarming across Europe, and all over the world, since early 2020. In this context, burying loved ones has become a difficult task for many Muslim communities in Europe, as it has added a further challenge to an already precarious situation. For years now, Muslim communities have…

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33 year old lives in a basement, neglected because he is a non-Muslim

March 28, 2014   “I live in a basement because I am not a good Muslim,” Miadi is 33 years old and since November has lived in a basement. Miadi travelled to Italy in search of fortune, but for Miadi, a 33 year old Algerian, fate turned its back on him shortly after his arrival….

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No Mosque yet: A Divided Community is the Problem

March 25, 2014   It is an uphill struggle for the Muslim community to build a place of worship in Milan, many hoped it would ready for Expo 2015, instead the building has been delayed. According to Paolo Branca, advocate and Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, the real problem, rather than the…

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Davide Piccardo of CAIM (Coordination of Islamic Associations of Milan), “Napolitano denies saying that there is an Islamist virus in Italy”

March 6, 2014   “We learned with great concern of the statements recorded by the press said by the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, on the occasion of his visit to Albania: “Italy supports the candidacy of Albania for entry into Europe as this would also prevent a drift from European values in every…

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