2 - Reflections, Acceptance and integration, Islamic cult centers and Mosques

R013 - Islamic Center defends the figure of Jesus

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TELEFAX MESSAGE of 19/10 – 2002

To: Dr. Paolo Mieli

From: Giuseppe Eid.

OBJECT: Islamic Center defends the figure of Jesus.

The weekly Rose el Youssef of 11 October 2002, p. 82, reports on a fatwa issued by the British Islamic Court in defense of the figure of Jesus the prophet for Muslims, considering blasphemous the recitation “the body of Jesus” by the American author McNeill.

The fatwa is similar to that issued against Salman Rushdie with the difference that they ask for the killing not to be carried out because he will be subject to referral to the Islamic courts if he passes through an Islamic country that will take charge of imprisoning and hanging him.

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2 - Reflections, Acceptance and integration, Articles

R014 - Arabic school in Milan. Why?

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Letters to the Corriere of 3/09/2005 and 23/10/2005

Back in Europe: 20 or 30 years ago the European citizen did not know of the existence of Islam other than vaguely.  For the past thirty years, Islam has been established in Europe with good or bad manners, helped in this by some of our political forces for reasons that I do not know and that I would like to know. I would like to understand their motivations.

Voices coming from our country have warned about the clash of cultures that could arise from the arrival of millions of people with customs and traditions clearly in conflict with European legislation, not least Cardinal Martini in 1990, Us and Islam. We even protected people sought after in their own countries for undermining the stability of their states.

Dear Director, you are certainly aware that the majority of Muslims in Italy are of Middle Eastern origin, that is, Arab culture; they have found in our Democracy, a guarantee and a freedom that they did not have in their own countries. One wonders: do they want to live in the West importing customs, traditions and worship as practiced in Arab countries? Obviously a distinction must be made between official Islam, Muslims and fundamentalism.

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2 - Reflections, Christians in the arabic world, Islam and prescriptions

R015 - Flash comments / Milano 2

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30/11 – 2006

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Some on the evening of 30 Nov 2006 in Milan 2:

On the basis of my personal experience, I would like to bring some corrections to some of the statements made by those who have intervened with you:

Infibulation and similar practices:

Is this a religious duty? During the UN Conference on Population in Cairo (1994), under pressure from NGOs, the Egyptian powers pronounced themselves as follows:

The mufti (Tantawi) still in office said no. The Azhar sheikh said it was a religious duty. Who is right? What is the dictum of Islam? The government then prohibited it but the practice continued especially in rural circles. (Most of our immigrants come from the countryside).

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2 - Reflections, Political Islam

R016 - Moderate Muslims must deny violence

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2006-09-15

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That’s a brave article that highlights the ignorance of many people who make statements that ignite people simply on the hearsay or without deepening their thoughts that are based on the headlines. Some may want to shield themselves from any pretext to stand as the holder of the truth.

It would be interesting to know the reactions of the Arab media to the rejection of the religious motivation for violence. I hope that Magdi Allam’s concerns will not come true.

I propose to give prominence in the Corriere to these reactions by Muslim intellectuals who make audience:

“And I am alarmed to find that even the so-called moderate Muslims have given up their wisdom and have aligned themselves with the “holy war” of which they will be the main victims”.

 

Giuseppe Samir Eid

Free web translation from the original in Italian

 

The published articles intend to provide the tools for a social inclusion of the migratory flow, shed light on human rights and the condition of life of Christians in the Islamic world from which the author come from. Knowledge of the other, of cultural and religious differences are primary ingredients to create peace in the hearts of men everywhere, a prerequisite for a peaceful coexistence and convinced citizenship in the territory.

 

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