Italy: Populists block Muslim group’s bid to turn chapel into mosque

11/01/2018

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini named Islam as "one of the greatest threats to Italy" and stated months ago: Centuries of history are at risk of disappearing if Islamisation, which has been underestimated until now, finally wins.

Lombardy's populist League-led local government has blocked plans to turn an old chapel into a mosque after an Islamic group outbid Christians at the auction of a church in Bergamo, northern Italy. The region's president, Attilio Fontana, announced at the weekend that the council had utilised a 2004 law which allows regional government to halt a sale in the name of safeguarding cultural sites.