Muslim football players make headlines

Muslim footballer Sulley Ali Muntari has been receiving positive response from Italian Muslims, after celebrating a recent goal by performing a prostration to God during an important Italian football match. Muntari, who was born in Ghana, plays for Italy’s Inter Milan, and scored the winning goal against Juventus. A supporter of Muntari said that they…

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    Young Muslims reject death threats against PM

    Young Muslim Italians have expressed their support for journalist and recent Christian convert Magdi Allam, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, after death threats were posted against them on an al-Qaeda inspired website. The organization Young Muslims of Italy asserted that no Muslims ought to sympathize with these threats, and that The association, Young Italian Muslims,…

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      Shia Muslims say that they met Iranian president

      Members of the Rome-based Shia Muslim organization ‘Imam Mahdi’ released a statement saying that they met with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad was visiting Rome to attend the global food summit organized by the UN. The statement said that the meeting took place, even though the Italian media insulted Ahmadinejad’s presence at the FAO summit…

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        Italy Rightists Raze Verona Mosque

        Last week, bulldozers brought down a building housing a Muslim prayer room in Verona, as the land will be turned into a park and parking lot – named after the Italian writer Oriana Falacci. The move comes from the country’s anti-immigrant Northern League, as it carries out its latest mission. Abu Shwaima, the leader of…

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          Federation of Italian mosques mooted

          Giuliano Amato, Italy’s outgoing interior minister, was expected to unveil a proposed federation of Italian mosques in Italy. The federation is intended to replace the Consulta Islamica, a body set up in 2005 by the Italian government, to represent various Muslim groups in the country. Amato put the Consulta Islamica on hold after several members…

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