إيطاليا: ممارسات يمينية معادية للإسلام والمسلمين

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

في إطار السياسات اليمينية العنصرية المناهضة للإسلام التي يتبناها حزب رابطة الشمال المشارك في حكومة الائتلاف الإيطالية - حاول الحزب أثناء اجتماع مجلس منطقة "لومباردي" تمرير قانون يمنع التذكية الشرعية، إلا أنه قوبل برفض الأعضاء، مؤكدين أنه من شأنه تقييد حرية ممارسة الشعائر الدينية.

وفي قرية "بيوف" بمنطقة "فينتو" قام الحزب بنشر ملصقات تدعو لإحياء الذكرى 440 لمعركة "ليبنتو"، عندما هُزم الأسطول العثماني أمام أسطول التحالف النصراني "العصبة المقدسة" في استفزاز لمشاعر المسلمين.

ومن الجدير بالذكر أن الحزب اليميني يتبنى سياسة مناهضة للإسلام، وقد طالب أعضاءه بإصدار قوانين تمنع بناء المساجد، آخرها في مايو الماضي، هذا إضافة لحزب "Forza Nuova" المناهض للهجرة الإسلامية الباحثة عن فرص العمل، والداعي للحفاظ على الأصول العقدية والثقافية النصرانية في مواجهة الإسلام. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Muslims under pressure from Italy's Northern League

During a Lombardy Region Council Meeting, the Northern League has tried to pass a motion that makes the Dhabihah, the Islamic method of slaughtering all animals, illegal. The attempt of the League failed when even members of the same political coalition voted against the motion arguing that it would limit the freedom of religion.

A few days earlier, in the town of Piove di Sacco, in the Veneto region, the local ruling party Northern League stuck posters on public walls and handed out flyers commemorating the 440th anniversary of the brutal Battle of Lepanto when a fleet of the Holy League decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire.

The Northern League is an openly anti-immigration political party, key to the present governing coalition in Italy, and known for its anti-Islamic rhetoric.

It has introduced a long series of bills opposing the construction of new mosques in much of the country throughout the years, the last bill dating May 2011. Such bills are unlikely to ever become laws but, according to many, their purpose is to keep tension high.

However the Northern League is not the only anti-Islam party in Italy. The Forza Nuova, although a minor party, is another political group that actively campaign against immigration and Muslims. Forza Nuova, concerned by the threat of the so-called “invasion of immigrants from the developing countries” seeks to stand for the defense of cultural and religious traditions that threaten Italy's cultural and religious roots.

Italy's National Institute for Statistics does not collect data deemed as “sensitive,” which includes data on the religious affiliation of its citizens. However, unofficial data from 2009 estimates that more than one million Muslims live in the country, roughly 2 per cent of the entire population, the second largest religious community in Italy. The road towards more social integration and multi-culturalism in Italy is still long and paved with many obstacles.