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 Several hundred Muslims staged a protest prayer outside the Colosseum in Rome on Friday over what they see as unfair restrictions on their freedom to practise their faith in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20161022/muslims-in-italy-protest-over-freedom-to-worship Sat, 22 Oct 2016 15:48:47 +0200 muslims-in-italy-protest-over-freedom-to-worship Italy's Interior Minister Angelino Alfano on Tuesday established a council for relations with the country's Muslims, an advisory body the government hopes will help the minority to better integrate. https://www.thelocal.it/20160119/italy-strives-to-integrate-muslims-and-shape-italian-islam Tue, 19 Jan 2016 17:47:47 +0100 italy-strives-to-integrate-muslims-and-shape-italian-islam Italy's Muslim community must stand up to terrorists and build bridges with Italian society at large after the recent terror attacks in Paris if it wants to avoid a backlash, the head of Italy's Muslim Union has told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20151123/italys-muslims-must-unite-against-terrorism-paris-islam Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:30:14 +0100 italys-muslims-must-unite-against-terrorism-paris-islam Hundreds of Muslims rallied in Rome and Milan on Saturday to show solidarity with the victims of jihadist attacks, condemning violence in the name of religion and chanting "we are not the enemy". https://www.thelocal.it/20151122/muslims-rally-in-rome-and-milan Sun, 22 Nov 2015 09:58:31 +0100 muslims-rally-in-rome-and-milan The headmaster of a college in Italy's Friuli-Venezia Giulia region has banned female Muslim students from wearing headscarves. https://www.thelocal.it/20150217/italian-college-bans-muslim-headscarves Tue, 17 Feb 2015 08:11:00 +0100 italian-college-bans-muslim-headscarves 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 With three million copies of Charlie Hebdo's latest issue sold out by Wednesday afternoon and two million more scheduled to be printed, The Local asked Muslims in Italy what they thought about the magazine's contentious cartoons. https://www.thelocal.it/20150114/italian-muslims-react-to-new-charlie-hebdo Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:15:00 +0100 italian-muslims-react-to-new-charlie-hebdo Muslims make up Italy’s second-largest religious group but their faith still lacks official national recognition, according to the president of the Union of Islamic Communities of Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20140212/muslims-have-no-status-in-italy Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:53:00 +0100 muslims-have-no-status-in-italy