Italy
Italy’s far right blocks Muslims from converting chapel to mosque
World
October 31, 2018
Italy’s far right blocks Muslims from converting chapel to mosque
Italy’s far-right League party has intervened to block efforts by a Muslim association to turn a former hospital chapel into…
Rare Quran manuscripts on display in Italy
World
July 7, 2018
Rare Quran manuscripts on display in Italy
A collection of rare historical manuscripts has been put on display in a library in the Italian city of Florence. …
Modest fashion now on offer in heart of Italy
World
June 19, 2018
Modest fashion now on offer in heart of Italy
Just a couple of months before Italy’s most populist government of recent years came to power, a very different kind…
A mosque was vandalized in Italy
World
March 6, 2018
A mosque was vandalized in Italy
An unknown vandal, or vandals, have set fire to the door of a mosque in Padua, Italy early Monday morning,…
Italian envoy visits Imam Ali holy shrine
Holy Shrines
September 5, 2017
Italian envoy visits Imam Ali holy shrine
Italy’s ambassador to Iraq paid a visit to the holy shrine of Imam Ali, peace be upon him, in the…
At least 200 children lost at sea trying to reach Italian shores so far this year
World
May 28, 2017
At least 200 children lost at sea trying to reach Italian shores so far this year
At least 200 children have died along the dangerous Central Mediterranean migration route from North Africa to Italy so far…
Italian lady converts to Shia Islam in Holy Shrine of Imam Redha
Holy Shrines
January 14, 2017
Italian lady converts to Shia Islam in Holy Shrine of Imam Redha
An Italian lady converted to Islam in the Holy Shrine of Imam Redha, peace be upon him. An…
Muslim population in Italy rises from 2,000 to 2 million within five decades
World
November 2, 2016
Muslim population in Italy rises from 2,000 to 2 million within five decades
The number of Muslims in Italy has rocketed from about 2,000 in 1970 to nearly two million at the end…
Northern Italian region approves ‘anti-mosque’ laws
World
October 5, 2016
Northern Italian region approves ‘anti-mosque’ laws
Councilors in the northern Italian region of Liguria approved a set of measures drastically restricting the freedom to build new…
Far-right Spanish Group Vandalizes Madrid Mosque
World
March 27, 2016
Far-right Spanish Group Vandalizes Madrid Mosque
group targeted a mosque in Madrid on Monday in a “protest” following the terrorist attacks in Brussels A far-right…