Italian town in turmoil after far-right mayor bans Muslim prayers - eviltoast
Bangladeshi residents and others in Monfalcone say decisions to prohibit worship at cultural centres and banning burkinis at the beach is part of anti-Islam agenda

Bangladeshi residents and others in Monfalcone say decisions to prohibit worship at cultural centres and banning burkinis at the beach is part of anti-Islam agenda

The envelope containing two partially burned pages of the Qur’an came as a shock. Until then, Muslim residents in the Adriatic port town of Monfalcone had lived relatively peacefully for more than 20 years.

Addressed to the Darus Salaam Muslim cultural association on Via Duca d’Aosta, the envelope was received soon after Monfalcone’s far-right mayor, Anna Maria Cisint, banned prayers on the premises.

“It was hurtful, a serious insult we never expected,” said Bou Konate, the association’s president. “But it was not a coincidence. The letter was a threat, generated by a campaign of hate that has stoked toxicity.”

Monfalcone’s population recently passed 30,000. Such a positive demographic trend would ordinarily spell good news in a country grappling with a rapidly declining birthrate, but in Monfalcone, where Cisint has been nurturing an anti-Islam agenda since winning her first mandate in 2016, the rise has not been welcomed.

    • fastandcurious@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Can you provide me an English link? My browser can’t seem to be able to translate it

      Edit: nvm got it

        • fastandcurious@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 months ago

          That specifically talks about immigrants so that still doesn’t justify your prejudice, but since I can’t read the study i will refrain from saying anything

          But like I said if you believe it’s a problem then stop putting on the face of secularism and say that we will not entertain or give the rights to Muslims, then that’s a non issue, however you can’t simultaneously show that you don’t discriminate but then continue to do this kind of stuff

    • fastandcurious@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I can’t seem to find one that sorts by religion, can you provide me an English with link to the exact page?

      And if having a death penalty for being a rapist (I am not talk about minorities here) means a lot less no. of overall women raped, than I am more than happy tbh, the rules are strict but they also mean it is a lot lot safer, a person is gonna think twice before stealing your hard earned mac because of the fear of amputation (even though it’s not commonly done)

      My current city is suffering with a rape epidemic, and the reason for that is most people can get out of jail after a few months if they provide enough money or have enough power, if they just announce that death penalty, I’d be happy

      But we are drifting off topic here

        • fastandcurious@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 months ago

          Uh, maybe let’s say you are right, I can’t seem to make heads nor tails of the website, but if that’s the case, then I could see where you are coming from, but I still think that discriminating an entire religious group that makes up 25% of the world population for some bad actors is till racism

          Edit: but why are you guys burning quran anyway?

            • fastandcurious@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              9 months ago

              It’s upto norway to decide whether they want to take Muslims or not, so I am not gonna debate that, and from here I guess you are right that maybe a particular group might be causing more problems than others, but then I think you should clearly spell it out and say muslims will be under extra scrutiny/different laws, don’t put on the image of secularism, which is my entire point

              It’s a legitimate criticism towards against an anti western religion that is getting increased footing in norway

              Okay I am genuinely curious here, I am not very well versed about what’s going on in norway but I surely haven’t heard anything major like muslims planning a coup and overthrowing the government, or is this something else I don’t know

                • fastandcurious@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  9 months ago

                  Imho countries like Lebanon would probably have descended on civil war anyway because of lack of resources and brutal military intervention by guess who

                  imo all religions, even christianity should be treated as a cult

                  Here is the problem, conveniently made a comment about this just somewhere above in this post. https://lemmy.world/comment/7735405

                  We both disagree on a very fundamental thing as you can see, I don’t see any point in continuing the discussion further, thanks for your time