05 June 2013 Popular Party (PP) of Tarragona does not want more mosques in the city and believes that “one is enough.” Its spokesman, Alejandro Fernández, said: “It is legitimate to say the freedom of worship is guaranteed, since there is already a mosque”. The PP wants Tarragona to become “a model of managed…
May 17, 2013 Lecco – “Muslims should be able to express their religion and, in the future, not in the shed where they are now,” explained Alfredo Marelli, President of the Municipal Council of Lecco, during an evening meeting with citizens. For two years, the Islamic community of Lecco has held worship in Bergamo, administrators…
“There are bastions to be removed but avenues to reach out to all humanity” said Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan during the opening Monday of the Milan headquarters of the Oasis Foundation, which promotes dialogue between the West and Islam. The Oasis International Foundation was started in Venice in 2003 by the Patriarch to…
Casalpusterlengo – Back again to the forefront is the question of an Islamic cultural center in a stable in Via Fugazza and, after months of silence, there could ignite a tug of war between Muslims and the administration. At issue is the use of a building on Via Fugazza, which was used as a place…
Giacomo Galeazzi 4/17/2013 King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud sent a message to the Pope through the Saudi ambassador in Italy. The message explained important strides the Saudi government has taken allow for religious diversity, including the creation of an international center for inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue. However, despite recent steps, the author points out that…
