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 Florence leaders are trying to find a new home for Muslim worshippers as the city's central mosque can no longer cope with its 1,000-strong faithful. https://www.thelocal.it/20160407/florence-plans-mega-mosque-to-house-1000-strong-faithful Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:43:48 +0200 florence-plans-mega-mosque-to-house-1000-strong-faithful Iceland sparked controversy on the opening day of the Biennale art fair in the Italian city of Venice by turning a disused church into a mosque. https://www.thelocal.it/20150511/mosque-sparks-controversy-at-venice-biennale Mon, 11 May 2015 09:30:40 +0200 mosque-sparks-controversy-at-venice-biennale The Italian government has moved to block new building regulations for Lombardy which would make it virtually impossible to build any new mosques in the northern region, officials said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150313/italy-seeks-to-blocks-regional-anti-mosque-law Fri, 13 Mar 2015 16:59:56 +0100 italy-seeks-to-blocks-regional-anti-mosque-law An Islamic centre in northern Italy has received a letter warning Muslims they will "burn in the mosques" if they don't leave the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20150209/muslims-told-they-will-burn-in-mosques-if-they-dont-leave-italy Mon, 09 Feb 2015 12:26:00 +0100 muslims-told-they-will-burn-in-mosques-if-they-dont-leave-italy Italy's urban planners must give space to non-Catholic religious groups, a Lombardy court has ruled, sparking a backlash from the country's far-right Northern League party, which branded the decision a "disgraceful judgement". https://www.thelocal.it/20140108/italys-city-plan-ruling-sparks-mosque-row Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:07:00 +0100 italys-city-plan-ruling-sparks-mosque-row Pope Francis stood alongside a top Islamic cleric in a moment of silent contemplation at Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, as he visited the former capital of the Christian Byzantine world for the first time. https://www.thelocal.it/20141130/pope-visits-blue-mosque-on-istanbul-visit Sun, 30 Nov 2014 11:15:00 +0100 pope-visits-blue-mosque-on-istanbul-visit