Moderate Islam Lands in Sicily

December 13, 2013   PALERMO – The Confederation of Italian Islam, a network of mosques founded two years ago by the Imam Wahid el Fihri, landed in Sicily today. An event is scheduled for Saturday, December 14 and will include a meeting with the Regional Federation of Sicily, who will join other regional leaders of…

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Mosque emerges from Palermo home improvement: ‘We won’t serve alcohol here, out of respect’ say owners

August 28, 2013 By Gaetana D’Amico and Christopher Livesay Palermo, August 28 – Owners of a Palermo apartment were shocked to discover during recent renovations that part of their home was once an ornate 18th-century mosque. The flat in Via Porta di Castro is in an area of buildings over what used to be the…

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In Palermo, Orlando “is open” to Islam “with the construction of a Mosque and a Cultural Center”

5/12/2013   “In Palermo it is important support the mosaic of Arab and Islamic presence” said the mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, at the conference “Culture and Islamic Civilization in Italy” organized by the Muslim World League at the Mosque of Rome. The mayor also reiterated the willingness of Palermo to support the construction of…

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Imams Participate in Training Seminar in Palermo

Thirty Muslim imam, brokers and managers of the Muslim community participated in a free seminar for those in Muslim communities in Italy. The course is supported by Isesco (Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), in collaboration with the COREIS (Italian Religious Communities), the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Kuwait and the Municipality of Palermo. The…

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    Muslim pilot who paused to pray during crash convicted in Italian court

    A pilot who began praying instead of enacting emergency measures before a Tunisian charter flight plummeted into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sicily and killed 16 people, has been convicted of manslaughter. The plane’s black box showed that the Tunisian pilot, Chefik Gharbi, lost control of the situation, and began to pray after…

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