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
      51·
      9 months ago

      Well, you are not obliged to follow it, you can’t use this as an excuse to take away their rights, I don’t like iPhones so I am going to ban them

        • fastandcurious@lemmy.worldEnglish
          71·
          9 months ago

          What do you mean by ‘local culture’, if that means that one should stop practicing their religion, than that goes against your own constitution, if you want a place like that, then by all means, make a ‘local culture’ where everyone is only allowed to do what you or the majority wants, but then spell it out clearly in your book, then if someone goes against, they are at fault, but you put on the image of secularism and freedom of expression, and then deny one particular group this right

          And the word for these kind of people rhymes with ‘fascist’

            • fastandcurious@lemmy.worldEnglish
              4·
              9 months ago

              Huh? Why does every discussion on muslim rights always start getting to Muhammad when y’all can’t justify your hypocrisy, how many modern day muslims have slaves or multiple wives/marry under the present age of consent in your country? The topic is why are you taking away their basic rights guaranteed to them by your country itself, if they do any of the things mentioned above in the present day, then that should be dealt separately

              Most muslims in western countries do far more crimes than locals

              Sauce?

              And arab countries are not a very great example in most things but one thing you can’t deny is that they have extremely low crime rates

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Saudi_Arabia

              A simple google search was enough from on your side, but since you don’t seem to be arguing in good faith, I put some wiki links for you

                • fastandcurious@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  2·
                  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
                  2·
                  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

    • thisisbutanameEnglish
      31·
      9 months ago

      Well, I thought I had a little insight on the matter since I’m Italian, guess I was wrong. /s