By Maria Teresa Martinengo November 18, 2013 As part of the Youth festival in Turin, an exhibition of images in Turin is on view, an orientation program, a day of “open mosques,” walks through places of worship in San Salvario, a lecture on the Quran and the prophets of the Bible, and the play ”…
We are standing and, after a few moments we hear a clear voice, who begins the serenade, in Arabic, of selected verses of the Koran: Khalid, Fatima, Sara, Asnan, but you are not among faithful in a mosque but at a public event in a 16th century palazzo in Torino. These are the young…
How many Catholic priests, bishops or religious people are there in Italy? What associations aspire to represent Italian Muslims? Which associations address national masses of the many Protestant communities and individual Pentecostal Churches? What websites, email accounts, phone numbers correspond to the different Buddhist organizations, Hindu and Sikh communities in Italy? How many Italians are…
Friday, March 15, 2013 This is the message addressed to Pope Francis sent by COREIS Italian an organization which represents Italian Muslims As Muslims, we wish to express to all Catholic Christians, our brothers in the faith of One God, our most heartfelt congratulations for the renewal of a leadership role for the Catholic Church….
Around 400,000 Italian Muslims took part in the Eid-al-Adha sacrifice and celebration this year, in almost every Italian city. The director of Islam-Online.it and secretary of Italy’s largest Muslim group, the Union of Islamic Communities in Italy, Hamza Piccardo, said that the increase in participation rose at least 40 percent compared to previous celebrations last…
