More than 3,000 Muslims gathered last week in Milan’s Palaldo stadium to send a message of love and fraternity. The gatherers prayed and sang for peace, and offered opportunities to donate for the needy. Verses of the Quran citing respect for human values, piety, and care for the disadvantaged were read, as many reaffirmed that…
Italian Muslims have acted to stop the sale of toilet seat covers featuring verses of the Quran. The Orizzonte Company, based in Lazio, unveiled the product among a larger collection of offensive toilet seat covers. Following complaints, police raided branches of the company and seized the offensive products.
The end of Ramadan celebration, Eid Al-Fitr, is bittersweet for Italian Muslims this year. A rise in right-wing politicians media exploitation over hot topics such as women’s clothing issues, have frustrated Muslims who would not like for their Eid festivities to be spoiled by bickering over trivialities. Samir Al-Khalidi, imam of the Al-Huda Islamic center…
ROME – The leaders of Muslim communities in Italy endorsed on Monday statements by pope Benedict XVI who warned that Africa and Asia feel threatened by the West’s materialism and secularism. “We agree with the pope,” said Roberto Piccardo, the spokesman of Italy’s largest Muslim group UCOII. “It is true that Muslims are puzzled by…
The leaders of Muslim communities in Italy endorsed on Monday statements by pope Benedict XVI who warned that Africa and Asia feel threatened by the West’s materialism and secularism. “We agree with the pope,” said Roberto Piccardo, the spokesman of Italy’s largest Muslim group UCOII. “It is true that Muslims are puzzled by a West…
