Young Muslims and being a student: Criticism without appeal “The things he did do not have anything to do with Islam. In doing so it causes us enormous damage”

June 14, 2013   No one comes to mind more quickly in the cause of Islam: for both institutional and foreign students in Brescia than the case of Anas El Abboubi (a recently discovered extremist living outside of Milan)   Yet, the word “Islam,” today in Brescia’s city of Vobarno, as well as in Niardo…

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Maroni “Open” to a Mosque “but only if it respects Italian roots”

5/10/2013   The President of the Lombardy region, Roberto Maroni, is now “open” to the possibility of having a Mosque in Milan. One of the main critics of a construction of a mosque, Maroni now states that he is open to a Mosque, as long as a mosque “respects Italian culture, our traditions and history.”…

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Bari: ROS (Italian Special Operations) Blitz Against an Islamic Cell: 6 arrests in Italy and Abroad

According to the findings from the investigation, the group had close contacts with prominent  members of international terrorist cells. This cell was characterized by a fierce anti-Semitism and a bitter dislike of “infidels,” such as citizens of the United States and Italy. The investigation also brought to light audio-visual pieces and documents used to proselytize…

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Moroccan man arrested for hitting his wife because she refused to veil

In Milan, a woman, 6 months pregnant, was injured by her husband with an iron. Their children called the neighbours who phoned the police immediately. The man has been arrested on charges of aggravated assault and family maltreatment. It is not the first time that the woman has been brought to hospital as a consequence…

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Italian Muslim organizations call for mosques across country to pray, raise funds for earthquake victims

The director of Rome’s Grand Mosque is urging mosques across Italy to hold their Friday prayers for the victims of the devastating earthquake in central Italy, which killed at least 278 people, injured several thousand, and left around 28,000 homeless. “I am asking the imams of all of Italy’s mosques to follow our example and…

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