700 Muslims attend the End of Ramadan Festivities in Legnano

August 8, 2013   Despite the bad weather this morning, 700 Muslims “invaded” the sports field on via dell’Amicizia in Legnano to celebrate the end of Ramadan. The event, for the second year in a row, was organized by the Cultural Italian-Arab Association of Legnano. The association was founded in 2005 and is chaired by…

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Salam, Islam: a Trip inside the Muslim Community

June 6, 2013 After success with his first novel, Pasquale Nuccio Franco goes back to the library this time with another book.   “Salam, Islam” is a travel through the Muslim community, through a number of interviews and articles that have given life to an understanding of spiritual matters, politics and social issues of a…

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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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World without Islam

13 December 2012   Imran Firasat is a Pakistani citizen who rebelled against Islam when he and his Buddhist wife were rejected by their society due to their interreligious marriage .After a series of police persecutions he and his wife were finally granted political asylum in Spain in 2006. He then started a blog criticizing…

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The lack of teachers blocks Islamic religion classes in the schools of Álava

14 June 2012 Álava has yet to achieve the formation of an Islamic religion class even though there is an increasing demand from prospective students. Schools in the region do not have teachers for this course, a question that the Islamic community blames the Basque Government for, since they have high requisites for the admission…

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