Al-Haj Muhammad Abdul Hadi Italo Chiussi (1919-1973)
In the 14 December 2018 issue of Al Hakam, Abdul Hadi (Italo) Chiussi was mentioned who was formerly an Italian Esperantist and later translated the Quran into the Esperanto […]
Europe’s far right seems determined to hijack Christianity in its bid for power
Today Catholic fundamentalism is fully mixed with anti-Muslim feeling, disguised antisemitism, racism and a narrow anti-EU nationalism Andrea Mammone The Independent Voices An 800-year-old monastery in Italy’s Apennine mountains has become the latest battleground in a bitter war of ideas. The imposing buildings of Trisulti to the east of Rome […]
The Dangerous New Face of Salvini’s Italy
Matteo Salvini Has Emboldened Fascists in Italy A .38-Caliber Rosary The Dangerous New Face of Salvini’s Italy Shots fired at foreigners, assaults on minorities, neo-fascist marches: Italy’s extreme right wing […]
Across Europe, the practice of Islamic family law is under pressure
Source: The Economist A ruling on Greece has wider European implications A GREEK Muslim woman who lost out because her late husband’s will was adjudicated by Islamic law has been […]
Italian priests vow to open church doors to evictees from immigration centres
‘Salvini decree’ threatens to make thousands not eligible for refugee status homeless Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo @lorenzo_tondo Mon 10 Dec 2018 Demonstrators in Rome protest against the ‘Salvini decree’ in […]
Italian priest who doubted Francis excommunicated for heresy
Source: Associated Press ROME (AP) — An Italian Catholic priest who considers Pope Francis an antipope and claims to have supernatural communications with angels, saints and the Madonna has been […]
Pope Decries ‘Persecution’ of Catholic Church Through Accusations
Source: Wall Street Journal By Francis X. Rocca Updated Oct. 27, 2018 6:26 p.m. ET ROME—Pope Francis told a gathering of bishops from around the world that the Catholic Church […]
Italy’s League blocks Muslims from buying and converting chapel
Oct 28, 2018 Italian Northern League leader Matteo Salvini speaks during a political rally in Milan, Italy February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (reuters_tickers) ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s far-right League party […]
Salvini, Macron clash after France caught migrant dumping
By AFP – Oct 16,2018 – JORDAN TIMES French President Emmanuel Macron attends a joint news conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Elysee Palace in Paris on […]
‘An employer? No, we have a master’: the Sikhs secretly exploited in Italy
Men harvest chicory in a field in Sezze, in the Italian province of Latina. Sikh workers have to call the landlord ‘Master’. Photograph: Marco Valle After years of arduous, badly […]
Tensions between Italy and France as ministers meet on immigration
AFP news@thelocal.it @thelocalitaly 9 October 2018 Matteo Salvini (L) meets Edouard Philippe in Lyon. Photo: Jeff Pachoud/AFP French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe urged Italian leader Matteo Salvini on Monday to […]
An Italian Mayor Who Gained Global Support for Helping Migrants Has Been Arrested
By ASSOCIATED PRESS (MILAN) — The mayor of a small town in southern Italy that became a model for immigrant integration was placed under house arrest Tuesday for allegedly aiding […]
The Medici touch: exhibition shows how Florence fell for Islamic art
Six centuries of city’s connection to Muslim world explored in rare Uffizi and Bargello collaboration HANNAH MCGIVERN 26th June 2018 This Indo-Persian shield was admired for its master craftsmanship […]
Pope pays tribute in Sicily to priest slain by Mafia
Source: Associated Press By TRISHA THOMAS and FRANCES D’EMILIO PALERMO, Sicily (AP) — Pope Francis appealed to Mafiosi to renounce their quests for power and money as he visited Sicily […]
Italy’s Salvini hits out after UN migrant criticism
By AFP – Sep 10,2018 -JORDAN TIMES A boat carrying 157 migrants is stranded in the Strait of Gibraltar before being rescued by the Spanish Guardia Civil and the Salvamento […]
The Man Who Took On Pope Francis: The Story Behind the Viganò Letter
Source: New York Times By Jason Horowitz ROME — At 9:30 a.m. last Wednesday, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò showed up at the Rome apartment of a conservative Vatican reporter with […]
The Spiritual Crisis in Catholicism
‘It’s Really Hard to Be a Catholic’: The Pain of Reading the Sex Abuse Report Source: NY Times By Campbell Robertson and Sharon Otterman PITTSBURGH — John Cabon stood quietly […]
Italy says Britain should take in Gibraltar-flagged rescue boat carrying 141 migrants
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA ROME Migrants rest after being rescued by SOS Mediterranee organisation and Doctors Without Borders during a search and rescue (SAR) operation with the MV Aquarius […]
Captain accuses Italy, Malta of trying to hide sea deaths
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL The captain of a private aid ship that engaged in refugee rescue missions accused Italy and Malta of hiding a deadly “farce” in the Mediterranean […]
Pope says walls, occupation and fundamentalism hamper Mideast peace
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella BARI, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis led a summit of Christian leaders on how to promote peace in the Middle East on Saturday and said […]
