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Christians

No evidence of attack on Pope Francis, say Trieste cops Turkish man not linked to any terror group

August 29, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) No evidence has emerged against a Turkish man suspected of plotting to kill late Pope Francis in Trieste in 2024 and the suspect is not linked to any terror group, the Trieste police headquarters said Friday. “No evidence has emerged” of […]

Government & Politics

Migrants deported over shelved terror charges sue govt Four North Africans seeking two million euros in compensation

July 1, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A group of four migrants from North Africa who were deported from Italy in July 2022 on terrorism charges that a Perugia court subsequently found to be unsubstantiated and shelved are suing the Italian state for two million euros in damages, […]

Internet

Italian arrested for accessing jihadist websites Cops seize files for weapons construction in FBI probe

May 26, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A 24-year-old Italian without a criminal record was arrested Monday on suspicion of accessing jihadist websites, police said. Thousands of files regarding manuals for the construction of weapons and explosive devices as well as other material proving his progressive radicalization were […]

Law Enforcement

Suspected budding jihadist arrested in Brescia area Man downloaded Islamistic propaganda, weapons-making material

March 20, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Italian police on Thursday arrested an alleged budding Islamistic terrorist living in the Brescia area, sources said. The suspect, a 46-year-old Italian man with Moroccan roots, allegedly downloaded jihadist propaganda and instructions for making homemade weapons. Investigators seized material including handwritten […]

Children & Teens

Attacks have doubled in Europe, says intelligence report 'Jihadi threat's escalation as Italy targeted by propaganda'

March 4, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Jihadi terrorism has gained momentum since the start of the conflict between Hamas and Israel with terrorist organizations taking advantage of the Middle Eastern crisis to recruit new members, in particular youths, to carry out attacks which have doubled in 2024 […]

Clothing

League proposes Venice burqa ban Right-wing party says women wearing Islamic veil [should] get DASPO

February 20, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) The right-wing League party has proposed banning the burqa in Venice, local dailies reported Thursday. The motion filed by council whip Alex Bazzaro envisages a DASPO city ban for those wearing the Islamic veil in public. “We ask the mayor,” Bazzaro […]

Academics & Education

Teachers privately lift niqab to ID students in Monfalcone Policy to ensure students attend high school — principal

February 4, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Teachers at a high school in the northeastern town of Monfalcone near Trieste privately lift the niqab of five female students to ID them, local daily Il Piccolo reported on Tuesday, saying the case has sparked a protest of the local […]

Children & Teens

Female genital mutilation for 80,000 in Italy, 7,000 girls FGM major health issue, 5 clichés to debunk

February 4, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) There are approximately 200 million in the world and 80 thousand in Italy, including 7 thousand minors, women who have undergone genital mutilation, the Higher Health Institute (ISS) said in a report Tuesday. The majority of Italian health workers, 60%, however, […]

Children & Teens

‘Common sense’ to ban veil in public places, says Salvini 'Against those who do not respect Western culture and freedoms'

January 20, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) It is common sense to ban the Islamic veil in public spaces in Italy, League leader Matteo Salvini said after the right-wing party filed a bill banning the veil and setting jail terms of up to two years for husbands who […]

Crime

Milan prosecutors probing at least 5 NYE assault cases 'Belgian, 2 Italians, South American, British couple'

January 10, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Milan prosecutors are investigating at least five cases of alleged sexual assault during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Piazza Duomo in the northern Italian city, legal sources said Friday. The alleged abuse came in the form of collective harassment of “taharrush […]

Law Enforcement

Teenage woman arrested while on way to join ISIS 19-year-old was 'at complete disposal' of jihadist group

December 5, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Italian police said Thursday that they have arrested a 19-year-old woman while she allegedly was trying to leave Italy to join Islamist group ISIS. Hafsa Bakari Mohamed, who was born in Kenya and is resident in Milan, was detained at Bergamo’s […]

Crime

Italy Palestinian head expelled from Milan over Amsterdam For incitement to hate after complimenting Islamic youths

November 16, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) The head of an Italian Palestinian association has been expelled from Milan for congratulating the youths who attacked Maccabi Tel Aviv fans after a Europa League match in Amsterdam on November 7 shouting anti-Semitic slogans and injuring a dozen Israeli supporters […]

Clerics & Preachers

Bologna imam expelled for voicing support for Hamas State security reasons cited as Pakistani cleric booted out

October 8, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) An imam of a Bologna mosque was expelled from Italy after voicing support for Hamas on Tuesday. Pakistani Zulfiqar Khan, imam of the mosque on via Jacopo di Paolo in Bologna, was taken to the police station to be expelled. Interior […]

Citizenship

Alleged Isis propagandist Elmahdi arrested in Turin 29-year-old accused of terrorism association

May 28, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Police in Turin on Tuesday arrested Halili Elmahdi, a 29-year-old suspected of being the main author of Italian-language ISIS propaganda, sources said. The Moroccan national, who allegedly carried out radicalisation and proselytising activities on the internet, faces charges of terrorism association. […]

Government & Politics

Islamic rites must be in Italian, says League No longer know what to invent to sow hatred, says AVS

May 27, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) The ruling rightwing League party has tabled an amendment to the government’s security decree calling for Islamic rites inside cultural centres to be celebrated in Italian. According to the League, this would help prevent religious propaganda and radicalisation and therefore possible […]

Academics & Education

Row after two Muslim students exempted from studying Dante Parties slam 'crazy' move, 'insult to our culture'

May 24, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A middle school teacher in the northern city of Treviso has exempted two Muslim students from studying Dante on the grounds that it is a religious work that clashes with their Islamic faith, local dailies reported Friday, sparking a major row […]

Government & Politics

Interior min raises anti-terror surveillance after Moscow Monitoring also on the web

March 25, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) The National Committee for Public Order and Security on Monday decided to strengthen anti-terrorism monitoring in Italy in the wake of Friday’s terror attack claimed by Islamic State at a concert hall in Moscow in which 137 people were killed. During […]

Government & Politics

Main terror risk for Italy ‘from lone wolves not groups’ Cabinet Sec' Mantovano worried about risk of 'self-activation'

March 24, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Cabinet Secretary Alfredo Mantovano said Sunday that the main terrorist threat Italy faces at the moment comes from lone wolves rather than organized groups like the one that staged Friday’s attack in Moscow. “The threat is not so much that of […]

Crime

Three arrested after man dies in ‘Islamic exorcism’ Ex-wife, brother, uncle suspected of causing victim's death

March 23, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Carabinieri police on Saturday arrested three people over allegations a 43-year-old man was killed during [an] Islamic exorcism rite on February 10 in the town of Salassa, near Turin, sources said. It was initially thought that the man had died of […]

Academics & Education

Girl, 10, sent home after turning up to school in niqab Ban the Islamic veil, says League after Pordenone incident

March 4, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A 10-year-old second-generation North African-Italian girl was sent home from school in the northern city of Pordenone Friday after turning up in a niqab, the Islamic garment that covers everything but female eyes, local media reported Monday. The girl returned the […]

Burkini

Monfalcone set to ban burkini bathing Mayor says no return to Middle Ages

August 14, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) The seaside resort town of Monfalcone near Gorizia not far from Venice on Monday said it was set to ban women from bathing in burkinis or otherwise clothed. “We are working on the construction of an appropriate measure that prohibits bathing […]

Government & Politics

FdI presents bill to ban mosques in warehouses, garages Opposition says draft legislation is unconstitutional

June 10, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Opposition parties have blasted a bill presented by Premier Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party that would ban garages and industrial warehouses and facilities from being used as mosques. Among other things, the opposition parties have expressed doubts about […]

Crime

3 Tunisians arrested for clandestine immigration Case linked to 2016 Berlin Xmas market killer Anis Amri

January 31, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Italian police on Tuesday arrested three Tunisian nationals resident in Italy for favouring clandestine immigration in a case linked to Anis Amri, a Tunisian domestic terrorist who drove a truck through a Christmas market in Berlin in December 2016, killing 12 […]

Government & Politics

We must reflect on religion-based abuse of women — Meloni Violence cannot be justified by faith or custom, says premier

November 22, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Premier Giorgia Meloni said Tuesday that it is necessary to reflect on the relationship between violence and religion, “especially in relation to immigrant women.” “Physical mistreatment, clothing limitations, bans on going to school, forced marriages, abuse and homicides get justified by […]

Government & Politics

Decision to let migrants off NGO ships ‘bizarre’ — Meloni NGO vessels aren't carrying shipwreck survivors, says premier

November 9, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Premier Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday criticized the decision by medical officials to allow around 250 people who were on board two NGO-run search-and-rescue ships to disembark in Catania on Tuesday on health grounds. The ships, the Humanity 1 and the Geo […]

Crime

FB, Instagram, Twitter remove migrant rape video Meloni sparked row by re-posting footage, vowing crime fight

August 23, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter on Tuesday removed a video of a Guinean asylum seeker raping a Ukrainian woman in Piacenza Monday, which had been controversially re-posted by conservative leader Giorgia Meloni in a post vowing to boost law and order in […]

Law Enforcement

Two budding Islamist terrorists ‘planned attack in Italy’ Pair allegedly wanted to stage bombing in name of IS

June 24, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A young man and a young woman are under investigation for allegedly planning a terrorist attack involving explosives in Italy in the name of the Islamic State (IS), Carabinieri police said on Friday. The pair allegedly planned to flee to Africa […]

Health & Medicine

Four terror arrests in Bari and Cuneo COVID-19 a soldier of Allah sent to strike west, say Albanians

March 14, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Italian police on Monday arrested four Albanian men who have lived in Italy for many years on suspicion of plotting ISIS-inspired terror attacks in Italy. The arrests were made in the southern city of Bari in Puglia and the northern city […]

Clerics & Preachers

‘Imam’ who allegedly called for Vatican’s destruction indicted Man allegedly instigated Islamist terrorism while in jail

February 21, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A 43-year-old self-proclaimed imam who allegedly called for the Vatican to be destroyed has been sent to trial in Turin. Bouchta El Allam, who is of Moroccan origin and was detained by Carabinieri police in May 2021, is accused of instigation […]

Law Enforcement

Islamist who escaped Italy jail caught in France Terror suspect arrested at Metz, 2nd man still on the run

February 7, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A suspected “radicalised” Moroccan Islamist suspected of terrorism who escaped from Avellino jail south of Naples on January 11 was caught at Metz in northeast France Sunday, but a second jail breaker, a 21-year-old Romanian, is still on the run, sources […]

Children & Teens

Mum probed over betrothal of daughter, 12, to Pakistani Accused of forced marriage and sexual violence

February 4, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) The mother of a 12-year-old Italian girl who betrothed her to a Pakistani man has been placed under investigation on charges of forced marriage, domestic abuse, abduction of a minor and taking her abroad, abandonment of a minor and sexual violence, […]

Children & Teens

Girl,12, taken from mum over betrothal to Pakistani Girl placed with paternal grandparents after father reports case

February 3, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A 12-year-old Italian girl has been taken from her mother and placed with her paternal grandparents after the mother promised her in marriage to the brother of her new Pakistani husband, the Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia newspaper reported Thursday. The girl […]

Government & Politics

Row after League security councillor kills immigrant Cops say man fired after being pushed, League says self-defence

July 21, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A row ensued Wednesday after a public safety and security councillor for the rightwing [anti]-migrant League party in the northern city of Voghera, Massimo Adriatici, was arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing an illegal Moroccan immigrant after an argument outside […]

Crime

Search continues for Saman’s body, cousin handed over Teen thought to have been killed for refusing arranged marriage

June 9, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Investigators on Wednesday continued the search for the body of Saman Abbas while her cousin, one of the family members suspected of involvement in the alleged murder of the 18-year-old for refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan, was handed over to […]

Crime

Saman ‘rowed with family on evening before went missing’

June 7, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) An 18-year-old Pakistani girl who has been missing from a town near Reggio Emilia since the end of April after refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan had a violent argument with her family the night before she disappeared, according to an […]

Crime

Fatwah against arranged marriages after girl believed killed Search for Saman Abbas's body continues

June 3, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) The Union of Italy’s Islamic Communities (UCOII) on Wednesday issued a fatwah (ban) on arranged marriages after the case of an 18-year-old Pakistani girl who is missing and believed killed by her family after refusing to marry a man her parents […]

Crime

Cousin held of Pakistani woman missing after refusing to wed

May 31, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A male cousin of an 18-year-old Pakistani woman who went missing from a town near Reggio Emilia after refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan was arrested in France at the weekend. The man, who was reportedly gearing to flee to Spain […]

Clerics & Preachers

Prison imam arrested on terror charges Moroccan called for destruction of Vatican, elimination of Jews

May 13, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Italian police on Thursday arrested a prison imam at Alessandria for allegedly hailing jihad and calling for the destruction of the Vatican. The man, a Moroccan detainee, allegedly praised terrorist attacks like those on the offices of Paris satirical weekly Charlie […]

Crime

Police bust Naples fake migrant documents gang Afghans, Pakistanis and Italians 'made counterfeit stay permits'

May 5, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Italian police on Wednesday busted an alleged gang made up of Afghans, Pakistanis and Italians that allegedly produced fake stay permits in Naples for migrants to remain legally in Italy and the Schengen border-free area. Police said they provided the counterfeit […]

Children & Teens

Term cut to 19 yrs for man who torched school bus Senegalese-Italian Omar Sy, 48, sees term cut from 24 yrs

April 9, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A man who hijacked and later torched a school bus with 50 children, two teachers and a janitor aboard near Milan in March 2019 on Friday saw his sentence for attempted murder cut from 24 years to 19 on appeal. Senegalese-Italian […]

Children & Teens

Muslim girl held by family to stop her seeing Hindu boy Family threatened to kill Pakistani girl, Indian boy

April 8, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A Muslim girl was held captive by her family to stop her seeing a Hindu boy, Italian police reported Thursday. The incident happened in the Tuscan city of Arezzo last weekend, they said. The girl managed to get an email to […]

Immigration

Tunisian deported for instigating jihad in Italy Illegal migrant praised professor Paty's murder

March 18, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A 28-year-old Tunisian named Nairi Nasir who was living illegally in Italy was charged with apologism and instigation to commit a crime aimed at terrorism and repatriated to Tunisia. The expulsion came following a detailed investigation by Italian police and Carabinieri […]

Government & Politics

Lamorgese rejects quit calls over Nice killer Opposition demand resignation after Tunisian landed at Lampedusa

October 30, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese on Friday rejected opposition calls for her to resign because the Tunisian man who killed three people in Nice Thursday landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa last month. Lamorgese said it was time to “stop the […]

Children & Teens

Driver Ousseynou Sy, 47, found guilty of attempted murder

July 15, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A man who hijacked and later torched a school bus with 50 children, two teachers and a janitor aboard near Milan in March 2019 on Wednesday got 24 years in jail for attempted murder. Ousseynou Sy, 47, was found guilty and […]

Clerics & Preachers

Mullah Krekar convictions upheld Spiritual leader of jihadi cell, extradited from Norway

July 10, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A Bolzano appeals court on Friday upheld all the convictions in a trial into a jihadi cell in Italy featuring an Islamist leader recently extradited to Italy from Norway, Mullah Krekar. The man’s 12-year prison term was upheld. Krekar was found […]

Legal

Somali man convicted of terror links 22-year-old gets eight years and eight months in jail

May 12, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A 22-year-old Somali man was convicted Tuesday of having links with Al-Shabaab, the Somali militant group which held Italian aid worker Silvia Romano captive for 18 months. Mohsin Ibrahim Omar, 22, alias Anas Khalil, AKA Yusuf, the name of the Nairobi […]

Christians

‘Unacceptable’ row over pork-free tortellini — diocese Normal welcome for guests, says Bologna church

October 1, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) The diocese of Bologna, which has ordered Muslim-friendly pork-free tortellini for Friday’s feast of patron saint Petronius, on Tuesday said the row over the case was “unacceptable.” The diocese has replaced pork, which Muslims do not eat for religious reasons, with […]

Children & Teens

‘ISIS boxer’ wife deported after terrorism conviction He had discussed attack on Vatican, interior ministry sources

August 21, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) The wife of Abderrahim Moutaharrik, a Moroccan competitive kickboxer who was jailed in 2017 over alleged links to the Islamic State (ISIS), has been deported from Italy to Morocco. A court had in 2017 sentenced him to six years in jail […]

Children & Teens

Man hijacks bus, sets it alight 'No one will survive,' said man who cuffed kids, poured petrol

March 20, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A 47-year-old bus driver was held by Carabinieri police on Wednesday after allegedly hijacking a bus with schoolchildren aboard and subsequently setting it on fire after tying their hands with plastic clips in an apparent attempt to kill them, sources said. […]

Government & Politics

Tunisian deported for terror reasons Clear signs of radicalisation

October 19, 2018 Unlisted Author  

(ANSA) A 37-year-old Tunisian expelled in February who returned on a migrant boat and was intercepted on October 8 was deported for terror reasons Friday, the interior ministry said. He was deported because he is considered a “danger to state security,” the […]

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