What message do the Centres propose in the face of specific problems that separate us, such as: Religious freedom, mixed marriage, willingness to observe the laws of Italy and the willingness to live together?
Mosques and centres continue to teach a traditionalist Islam that conceives the Western (i.e. Christian) way of life as contrary to Islam and therefore proposes a West to be Islamised. The consequences on the behaviour of millions of people are foreseeable. It is enough to look at cassettes, books, sermons and various materials that circulated in the Centres or their libraries (at least until a year ago). We have even protected people sought in their countries for having undermined the stability of their states.
The reference to Islamic identity, however, is not always compatible with the legal and socio-cultural structure of European countries. From this arise potential situations of conflict that require to be faced with the necessary awareness to maintain an institutional and social order that is, of course, open to cultural pluralism, but within the framework of a system of values, shared and legally defined, which all social components, including immigrants is desirable to adhere to.
Giuseppe Samir Eid
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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.