Italy: Church opens doors for Muslim Friday prayers

[Mstislav]

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.1534802177
Treviso, 9 Nov. (AKI) - A priest in Paderno di Ponzano near Treviso in the northern Italian region of Veneto, Aldo Danieli, has decided to allow Muslims to meet and pray in church premises in his parish on Fridays to foster better integration of immigrants in the local community, La Repubblica newspaper's website reports.

Volunteers at the church of Santa Maria Assunta have said that their meetings with Muslims from the immigrant community enable them to "experience different cultures and break down barriers caused by misunderstanding and intolerance," La Repubblica said, quoting Italian charity Auser.

The meetings between volunteers from Danieli's parish and local Muslims - many of whom are women - have been organised through Treviso's Islamic Centre.

Some 650 immigrants, many of whom are from North Africa, live in Paderno di Ponzano , a small town of 9,800 people.

[newman]

Italians were pretty good at surrendering in WW2.

[Mstislav]

Italians were pretty good at surrendering in WW2.

Did they switch sides in the middle of the war?

[HiWarp]

I give them one year before Paderno di Ponzano is majority Muslim and that church becomes a mosque.

[Hail Columbia]

Italians were pretty good at surrendering in WW2.

If I recall, they got their tuchuses kicked not only by the Americans and by the British, but also by the Greeks.

[HiWarp]

Italians were pretty good at surrendering in WW2.

If I recall, they got their tuchuses kicked not only by the Americans and by the British, but also by the Greeks.

You recall correctly.  It was actually the defeat of the Italians by the Greeks that caused the Nazis to prematurely invade Greece.  Unfortunately, in the long run, it was bad for the Greeks and for the Jews living in Greece. 

[JTFFan]

We warned them and they'll regret it. That's what happens from socialism.

[Mstislav]

We warned them and they'll regret it. That's what happens from socialism.

That is what happens from stupidity.