According to MP and president of Italy’s Association of Moroccan women, at least 600 children are at risk of infibulation, or an extreme form of female genital mutilation in Italy. “Every year in Italy there are 600 children, daughters of immigrants, that are at risk of infibulation and it all happens in total silence,” said…
Local and National Muslim offices attended the opening of the first Muslim cemetery, to be created in the southern Italian region of Puglia. Notable persons including Mustafa Mansouri and Souad Sbai were planned to be in attendance, and the creation of the Muslim cemetery is considered to be an important breakthrough. “I believe such an…
Italian MP Souad Sbai condemned a newly approved government measure that will allow schools to hold separate classes for immigrant children who fail admissions tests in Italian state schools. “I say no to such classes because I consider them discriminatory towards immigrant children,” said Sbai. According to the Northern League, the separate classes will be…
Morocco has recalled its Ambassador to Italy, Tajeddine Baddou, to protest against the imprisonment of Moroccan senator Yahya Yahya in Rome. While details of Yahya’s arrest are unknown, reports claim that the senator was under the influence of alcohol, insulting police, and arguing with his wife. As a result, he was sentenced to 27 for…
Thousands of polygamous marriages have sprung up throughout Italy, as a by-product of fast and voluminous immigration of Muslims to the country. Souad Sbai, a Moroccan-born Italian lawmaker believes that Italy has turned a blind eye to the phenomenon. It is absurd that in a civilized country like Italy, so little is acknowledged about this,…
