Immigrant party opens new office in northern Veneto region

    Italy’s new immigrant party opened an office in the Veneto region Monday, a move that comes after mayors in Veneto and other areas of northeast Italy imposed a minimum income rule for migrants. The rule, considered racist by many, cites that immigrants must earn a certain amount before the can become residents. The immigrant party’s…

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      Wedding ban on illegal immigrants in northern town

      Illegal immigrants will be banned from getting married in the northern Italian town of Caravaggio, unless they have the legal permits to stay and work in Italy. The town’s mayor, Giuseppe Prevedini said I will no longer be available to marry illegal immigrants… In most cases these are marriages of convenience, often in exchange for…

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        Teddy bear teacher flies out of Sudan

        Gillian Gibbons, the British teacher jailed in Sudan for insulting Islam in a row over a teddy bear, tonight landed in Dubai on her way back home after being pardoned by the country’s President. The 54-year-old mother-of-two left Sudan landed at 8.45pm (UK time) and said: I just want to relax, I don’t want to…

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          Front against Wilders on the rise

          People of the Netherlands are starting to mobilize against the standpoint of Geert Wilders, the Freedom Party leader who describes Islam as a dangerous, intolerant, and fascistic religion. Wilders says the Qu’ran should be forbidden and Muslim immigration banned.

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            Rapprochement of the German Conservatives with Islam

            After decades of mistrust, the Bavarian conservative party CSU recently tries to carefully approach Islam. Party leader Gunther Beckstein, Bavarian head of state, and leading members of his party have recommended to open the party. At the moment, the number of Muslim members of the German conservative party is marginal. Beckstein and other party leaders…

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