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Muslims of Europe: Perspectives on Gender and Relgion 27-28 January 2011

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International Conference 27-28 January 2011 Facoltà di Scienze Politiche Sala Poeti, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna Gender, Migration and Intercultural Interactions in the Mediterranean and South East Europe (European Commission FP7 project) Dipartimento di Politica, Istituzioni, Storia Swedish Research Council Stefano Allievi, Schirin Amir-Moazami, Raffaella Baritono, Gaia Giuliani, Nilüfer Göle, Jeanette Jouili, Helen Kambouri, Pia Karlsson…

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Italy holds five on terror charge

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Police in Bologna have arrested four Tunisians and one Moroccan, in the investigation of an alleged international terrorist ring, and are seeking a sixth. The ring of men is allegedly responsible for recruiting suicide bombers for attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan. Police raided residences of the men in Bologna, Ravenna, and Como. Investigators gathered information…

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Bologna’s mayor backtracks on mosque; project ‘badly handled,’ says scholar

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A controversial project to build a mosque in Bologna has been scrapped, due to lack of agreement from local Muslims concerning two key conditions. The city’s Islamic Cultural Centre failed to reply to a letter laying town two essential conditions for the mosque to go ahead; the city’s councillor, Virginio Merola says this indicated a…

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Italy mosque put off, rightists rejoice

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ROME – Bowing to pressures from right-wing groups, Italian authorities have put off plans to build a mosque in the northern city of Bologna pending consultations with local residents. Bologna’s mayor Sergio Cofferati said local residents will be surveyed about the construction of the mosque in the San Donato neighborhood, Reuters reported. “We will take…

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