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 Councillors in the northern Italian region of Liguria on Tuesday evening approved a set of measures drastically restricting the freedom to build new places of worship. https://www.thelocal.it/20160928/anti-mosque-proposals-in-northern-italy-liguria Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:50:55 +0200 anti-mosque-proposals-in-northern-italy-liguria A passenger on board a Rome-bound flight sparked a bomb alert – because they were suspicious about two other passengers, Moroccans, who were praying. https://www.thelocal.it/20160630/praying-moroccans-spark-bomb-alert-on-rome-bound-flight Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:24:57 +0200 praying-moroccans-spark-bomb-alert-on-rome-bound-flight Beppe Grillo, the founder of Italy's Five Star Movement (MS5), has sparked controversy after joking that London's new mayor, Sadiq Khan, is a suicide bomber. https://www.thelocal.it/20160516/grillo-sparks-fury-with-suicide-bomber-jibe-at-londons-muslim-mayor Mon, 16 May 2016 13:55:58 +0200 grillo-sparks-fury-with-suicide-bomber-jibe-at-londons-muslim-mayor Two Muslim men, fined €4,600 for slaughtering a conscious goat in the street, have had an animal cruelty conviction overturned by a court in Italy on faith grounds. https://www.thelocal.it/20160509/italian-court-absolves-two-muslims-fined-over-public-goat-slaughter Mon, 09 May 2016 14:05:09 +0200 italian-court-absolves-two-muslims-fined-over-public-goat-slaughter A passenger was removed from an easyJet flight in Pisa after another passenger complained of “suspicious behaviour”. https://www.thelocal.it/20160407/easyjet Thu, 07 Apr 2016 12:54:17 +0200 easyjet The bishop of Pistoia, Tuscany, has slammed two priests for allowing Muslim refugees to pray inside the parish church of Vicofaro. https://www.thelocal.it/20160321/italian-bishop-blasts-priests-for-allowing-muslim-refugees-to-pray-in-church Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:17:47 +0100 italian-bishop-blasts-priests-for-allowing-muslim-refugees-to-pray-in-church A bid by the Lombardy region to limit the construction of new mosques has been rejected by Italy’s top court. https://www.thelocal.it/20160224/italys-top-court-rejects-lombardys-anti-mosque-bid Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:28:46 +0100 italys-top-court-rejects-lombardys-anti-mosque-bid A young model of Moroccan origin is determined to ignore insults and threats she has received on social media and pursue her dream of becoming Miss Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150824/muslim-model-defies-insults-to-pursue-miss-italy-dream Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:55:40 +0200 muslim-model-defies-insults-to-pursue-miss-italy-dream Two councillors from Italy's far-right Northern League provoked outrage on Tuesday after removing prayer mats that had been placed in Turin's city hall for a Muslim conference. https://www.thelocal.it/20150729/outrage-after-muslim-prayer-rugs-from-turin-city-hall Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:27:05 +0200 outrage-after-muslim-prayer-rugs-from-turin-city-hall An Egyptian student living in Milan, who walked around the city for five hours dressed as an imam, has released a video showing how he was insulted along the way. https://www.thelocal.it/20150218/insults-and-distrust-being-an-imam-in-milan Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:58:00 +0100 insults-and-distrust-being-an-imam-in-milan A sports centre in Sesto, northern Italy, will in January offer a swimming course specially designed for Muslim women, a decision that has sparked outrage from a right-wing political party. https://www.thelocal.it/20141015/outrage-over-swimming-course-for-muslim-women Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:10:00 +0200 outrage-over-swimming-course-for-muslim-women A Milan prosecutor has requested a one-month prison sentence and €100 fine for Daniela Santanchè, a right-wing politician and ex-leader of the Movement for Italy party, now a faction of Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom party, for organizing an anti-burqa protest in 2009 without permission. https://www.thelocal.it/20131119/italian-politician-jailed-for-anti-burqa-protest Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:28:00 +0100 italian-politician-jailed-for-anti-burqa-protest Sarita Agerman, from the UK, chose Bologna on a whim for her Erasmus placement and never imagined she'd return after graduating. She speaks to The Local about being a Muslim in Italy and becoming a permanent resident. https://www.thelocal.it/20131115/its-more-awkward-being-a-muslim-woman-in-the-uk Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:00:00 +0100 its-more-awkward-being-a-muslim-woman-in-the-uk