https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Imam of Florence, Izzedin Elzir, waded into the controversial burqini debate on Thursday by posting a photo on Facebook of habit-wearing nuns splashing around on the edge of the shore – only for the social network to block his account. https://www.thelocal.it/20160819/italy-imam-defends-burqinis-with-beach-going-nuns-photo Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:09:18 +0200 italy-imam-defends-burqinis-with-beach-going-nuns-photo