Italy

Italy: Suspect in Turin acid attack arrested

hd — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:28:40 -0400

Turin - Italian police have arrested a 23-year-old Moroccan man on suspicion of attacking a co-national with acid. The suspect in last Thursday's attack in Turin was seized on a

Italian Outrage Over Gaddafi 'Convert-to-Islam' Party in Rome

hd — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:21:29 -0400

Italian politicians and media expressed outrage this week over a "convert-to-Islam" party held in Rome by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, complaining that the religious tolerance he found near the

Italy Denies Religious Status To Islam

hd — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:20:09 -0400

The Italian government has decided to exclude Islam from a bill that would share tax revenues with organized faiths in the country. Fundamentalist imams, polygamy and an overall failure to uphold

'Pay me £4bn a year and I'll stop Europe from turning black': Col Gaddafi demands EU cash to stop immigration via Libya

hd — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:44:30 -0400

Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is demanding £4.1billion a year from the EU to stop illegal immigration which 'threatens to turn Europe black'. Col Gaddafi made the demand as he ended his

Europe should convert to Islam: Gaddafi

hd — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:37:53 -0400

ROME: Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's visit to Rome to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former coloniser Italy stumbled into controversy on Monday after he said Europe should

Libya: Gaddafi preaches Islam to young Italian women

hd — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:03:38 -0400

Rome - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi proselytised to hundreds of young Italian woman in Rome on Sunday in an effort to gain converts to Islam. Gaddafi had just arrived to the Italian

Italy: Islam denied income tax revenue

hd — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:59:39 -0400

Mosques in Italy will not receive a share of income tax revenue the Italian government allocates to religious faiths each year. Hindu and Buddhist temples, Greek Orthodox churches and Jehovah's

Italy: Muslims in northern town to pray in church car park during Ramadan

hd — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:20:34 -0400

Muslims in the northern Italian town of Gallarate have been offered a white tent in the local church car park in which to observe Ramadan. The holy fasting month begins early on Wednesday and lasts

Germany debuts 'suicide bomber hotline' Telefon 0221/7926999

hd — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:26:04 -0400

The German government set up a 'suicide bomber hotline' Monday to aid Muslims who want to quit extremism. The service should not be confused with a standard 'suicide hotline,' which provides help

Video: Oriana Fallaci: I Find It Disgraceful - Complete English Translation

hd — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:23:00 -0400

Oriana Fallaci's seminal speech (from her 2002 Panorama article of the same title) about European anti-semitism and the unholy alliance between the left and the Islamonazis.

Turkey: Christians in Danger

hd — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:11:20 -0400

Assyrian International News Agency 13 July 2010
By John F. Cullinan

Stabbed: Bishop Luigi Padovese

For all the attention Turkey has gotten lately, very few Americans are aware that the Roman Catholic bishop serving as apostolic vicar of Anatolia was stabbed to death and decapitated last month by an assailant shouting, "Allahu Akbar! I have killed the great Satan!"

There are fewer than 60 Catholic priests in all of Turkey, and yet Bishop Luigi Padovese was the fifth of them to be shot or stabbed in the last four years, starting with the murder of Fr. Andrea Santoro in 2006, also by an assailant shouting,

Iraq: Pope urges more protection for Christians

hd — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:14:09 -0400

Pope Benedict XVI has urged Iraq's authorities to give greater protection to Christians and other religious minorities. The pontiff reminded Iraq's new ambassador to the Holy See, Habib Mohammed Hadi

Islamically-correct 'Made in Italy' products

hd — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:32:48 -0400

ROME - Islamically-correct 'Made in Italy' products that can be exported to Muslim countries and follow Italian gastronomic excellence - including tortelloni and lasagne - but also the most advanced

Italy: Moroccan immigrant in fast-track trial for daughter's murder

hd — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:24:47 -0400

Pordenone - The fast-track trial of a Moroccan immigrant accused of stabbing his 18-year-old daughter to death last year in an 'honour' killing opened in the northeastern Italian town

Funeral in Milan for bishop slain in Turkey

hd — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:03:16 -0400

MILAN — Pope Benedict XVI has hailed a bishop slain this month in Turkey as a messenger of dialogue and reconciliation. The pope's message was read Monday during a funeral service in Milan for

Vatican says world ignores Christians in Mideast

hd — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:39:00 -0400

The Vatican said Sunday that the international community is ignoring the plight of Christians in the Middle East, and that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the war in Iraq and political instability

Muslim Murders Vatican Cleric in Turkey

hd — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:02:32 -0400

Contrary to earlier reports, it has now been confirmed that the Muslim who murdered a Vatican official in Turkey last week did so for religious reasons. Luigi Padovese, who represented the Vatican

Italy: 'Drunk' Moroccan 'tries to steal' ambulance

hd — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:55:44 -0400

Reggio Calabria - A drunk Moroccan immigrant tried to make off in the ambulance that was called to help him in the southern city of Reggio Calabria, according to police. Abdelmjid El

Italy: Minister revokes imam's political asylum

hd — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:27:02 -0400

Varese - Italy's interior minister Roberto Maroni revoked the political asylum granted to a radical Islamist preacher after he was jailed on terrorism charges. Egyptian-born imam Abu

Italy expelled Moroccans on suspicion of Pope plot

hd — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:46:08 -0400

Two Moroccan students deported from Italy last month were suspected of plotting to assassinate Pope Benedict, an Interior Ministry source says. Mohamed Hlal, 26, and Ahmed Errahmouni, 22, students