I am Muslim and I’m against Homophobia, a Campaign in the Arab World

Monica Ricci Sargentini May 18, 2013 A Moroccan citizen sent a photo against the penal code which criminalizes gays in Morocco. The sign says: “In solidarity with homosexuals. Love is not a crime.” Another speaks from Tunisia: “We are human like everyone else, we are everywhere and we deserve to be recognized.” “The Love campaign”…

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Closed, Marelli: “In the Future Muslims will need Another Place of Worship”

May 17, 2013 Lecco – “Muslims should be able to express their religion and, in the future, not in the shed where they are now,” explained Alfredo Marelli, President of the Municipal Council of Lecco, during an evening meeting with citizens. For two years, the Islamic community of Lecco has held worship in Bergamo, administrators…

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The Muslim community of Cagliari: “We also want to welcome the Pope” Sulaiman Hijazi

May 16, 2013 Muslims also want to welcome to Cagliari “with joy” the news of the visit of Pope Francis to the city. “The Muslim world just saw the new Pope, and immediately hoped for a change in the Church, especially with regard to an interreligious dialogue,” said the spokesman of the Islamic community Sulaiman…

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Patriarch Bartholomew, more ‘freedom’ to Christians in Islamic countries

“The situation of Christians in some Muslim countries is in need of major improvements to allow more freedoms ‘and chances’ similar to those that Muslims enjoy in Christian countries” said Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who is now visiting Milan during the seventeenth anniversary of the Edict of Constantine. In the keynote address delivered with the…

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J’accuse the Islamic community

Milan- “It should have been a day of celebration but it has turned in yet another act of discrimination and racism against Muslims.” The ANSA news agency reported the accusations of Sharif Lorenzini, Bari, director of the Italian Islamic Community, with respect to a water park “Acquaneva of Inzago,” in the province of Milan. At…

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