We begin with a five-story building (possibly six), with the mosque or prayer hall on the ground floor, a tea room on the second, a large Islamic bookstore with books in more than ten languages on the third, a museum of Islamic culture and cultural center on the fourth and offices and international centers on…
It’s a negotiation both complex and delicate, and still in progress. Those in search of compromise include the Islamic Association on one side and the city of Mangalore on the other. The building is constructed but it is not in use. Talks now center on the possible rebuilding of the structure. In 2007, a…
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…
Cagliari Muslims will pray tomorrow for the victims of those who died off the coast of Lampedusa. The announcement came from Silaman Hjiazi, spokesman who said, “Tomorrow’s prayer is dedicated to those who have vanished in the waters of Lampedusa. After hearing the horrible news of yet another boat sinking, it is dishonorable that…
On Wednesday, October 2 at 6PM in the Hall of Luca Giordano di Palazzo Medici Riccardi there will be a symposium with Sara Cividalli , Mohamed Bamoshmoosh, Piero Giunti, Tonio Dell’Olio and Mercedes Frias. On Wednesday, October 2 in Florence , at 6PM, in the Hall of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi (Via Cavour 1…
