10 Architectural Landmarks You Must Visit
The Huffington Post: “Architecture is not reserved for an elite in any sense,” writes art historian and writer Philip Jodidio. “It is rather the substance from which country, culture, city […]
A European tragedy: Over 300 Africans Drown near Lampedusa
global post: BRUSSELS, Belgium — More than 15,000 people have died in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea since the late 1990s after fleeing poverty, war and oppression in Africa, Asia and […]
Italy mourns 300 dead in Lampedusa migrant boat tragedy
The Telegraph Italy has declared a day of mourning for the 300 African migrants who died in a boat accident off the coast of Lampedusa, as rescuers told of a […]
The beginning of the end for Silvio Berlusconi? Italian senators debate expulsion
The telegraph An Italian Senate committee on Friday debated a motion to expel Silvio Berlusconi from parliament following his criminal conviction in a further humiliation for the embattled billionaire tycoon. […]
At least 82 dead, many missing as migrant boat sinks off Sicily
By Massimiliano Di Giorgio ROME (Reuters) – At least 82 people died and scores were missing after a boat carrying migrants from Africa sank off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa […]
Pope Francis Sends Personal Message To Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
Huff Post. Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, considered one of the most important centers of learning in Sunni Islam, announced yesterday that Pope Francis has sent a personal messageto the Grand Imam of […]
‘Mohammed’ most popular name among Milan business owners: Study
Source: presstv.ir A recent study shows the name of Islam’s prophet, Mohammed, has become the most popular name for small business owners in the Italian city of Milan. The study, conducted by Milan’s Chamber of Commerce and published on Wednesday, shows that Mohammed is taking the first place over traditional Italian […]
“prime minister” of the Vatican.
Source: The Economist: Recent years have been less glorious for the job of secretary of state, although it remains the top position in the Holy See’s administration, or curia, and is sometimes equated with “prime minister” of the Vatican. Its outgoing holder, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, seems to have allowed secretive […]
Sikh delegation told to remove turbans at Rome airport
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s gurdwara management committee president Manjeet Singh GK and other members of a Sikh delegation were not cleared to board a flight from Rome after they refused to […]
Recapturing the Arab Muslim world’s golden age
The Washington Post: By David Ignatius, Hisham Melhem, a prominent Lebanese journalist, recalls an emotional visit to the Great Mosque of Cordoba in southern Spain last May. With tears in his […]
Italy racism row: Cecile Kyenge compared to orangutan
Epigraph: O ye who believe! let not one people deride another people, who may be better than they, nor let women deride other women, who may be better than they. […]
Mother Mary, Hijab and Italian Minister Roberto Maroni
All pictures of mother Mary need to be taken down in Europe, given EU’s court decision, for she is always in Hijab @MuslimPoly @abdelalimx pic.twitter.com/xXfvzn4kNL — The Muslim Times (@The_MuslimTimes) […]
Do you know your history? Muslim colonies in France, Italy and Switzerland in Middle ages
The extracts below are abridged quotes from Reinaud’s French work entitled ‘Invasions des sarrazinz en france, et de france en savoie en piedmont et en suisse’ published in 1836, cited in a book entitled “Muslim Colonies in France, Northern Italy and Switzerland” by Haroon Khan Sherwani. ——- “And now the whole of Switzerland […]
Robert Fisk: How Achille Lauro hijackers were seduced by high life
On board the cruise ship, the Palestinian boys who murdered a wheelchair-bound American pensioner had seen a lifestyle they knew nothing of, according to new research The was an Italian […]
Vatican to house two Popes for first time as Benedict returns
The Telegraph: The Vatican will become home to two Popes today for the first time in the history of the Roman Catholic Church when Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI moves back […]
Women Catholic deacons ‘no longer taboo’
Source:The Local Germany’s top Roman Catholic has called for women to be allowed to become deacons, which would enable them to perform baptisms and marriages outside of mass – a novelty for Catholic women. More:
Italian man catches a thief, then gives him a job
Friday 12 April 2013 ARABNEWS ROME: The caretaker of a housing complex near Florence in Italy used a knife to scare off a thief trying to steal copper wiring and called in the police to arrest him. The next day, he offered the same man a job. “What kind of […]
Pope Benedict’s sudden retirement and St. Malachi’s prophecy
Source: Digital Journal By Eliott Elwas Pope Benedict XVI announced his retirement from the papacy in February 2013. The Pope’s sudden retirement reminds many biblical eschatologists of St. Malachi’s famous prophecies for the 112 Catholic popes. Pope Benedict XVI retired on Thursday, 28 February 2013. He is the first pope […]
Pope Francis and the Turin Shroud: Making sense of a Mystery
Source: The Economist: ON THE eve of his first Easter Sunday celebration as bishop of Rome, Pope Francis sprang another of his teasing little surprises. As the Shroud of Turin, which is probably the Christian world’s most hotly contested holy relic, was given a rare showing on television, he issued […]
Girolamo Savonarola: A Martyr of Florence, Italy?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Girolamo Savonarola (Italian: [savonaˈroːla]; 1452–1498) was an Italian Dominican friar and preacher active in Renaissance Florence, and known for his prophecies of civic glory and calls for Christian renewal. He denounced clerical corruption, despotic rule and the exploitation of the poor. He prophesied the coming of a biblical flood and a […]