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| Italy: New TV Show On Islam Sparks Controversy |
| 2006-11-30 |
| Rome, 30 Nov. (AKI) - The leader of Italy's largest Muslim group and a conservative lawmaker clashed on Thursday at the presentation of a new television programme on Italian Muslims. Hamza Piccardo, the spokesman of the Union of Islamic Communities in Italy (UCOII), and Daniela Santanche, a deputy of the right-wing National Alliance Party, exchanged harsh words over alleged human rights violations and abuse of women in Italian Muslim communities at the presentation of 'Muslims of Italy' a new show launched by Italian private channel Canale Italia, which is also broadcast by satellite tv Sky Italia. "I am against this project" said Santanche, accusing the programme of "creating a ghetto for Muslims" and giving no room to moderate Islam. Hmmm... a TV documentary that "creates" a ghetto for Muslims, yet gives no room for "moderate" Islam. So just what kind of Muslims will dwell in Santanche's virtual ghetto? Moron. The deputy has clashed with UCOII in the past and accused it of being a fundamentalist group. The association has been at the centre of a controversy after one of its leading members, Patrizia Khadija Del Monte, who is in charge of the equal opportunities department of the group, said poligamy - which is illegal in Italy - could be taken into consideration. "We aren't like Santanche describes us," said Piccardo. "There are great differences within our group like there are within the National Alliance." |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #2 Taken with a grain of salt. Anyone that follows a pedophile for their prophet can't be all there. Maybe it's a brain damage thing. Ether way I think this film might be interesting. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2006-11-30 15:43 |
| #1 IF the Italians are smart, they would argue against polygamy on economic grounds, don't bring religion into it. They can use the poverty of the ME as a basis, along w/that story the 2 muslims wrote who were just issued a fatwa against. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-11-30 14:03 |