Re: Islam Not Recognized as Religion in Italy; Denied Tax Revenues

Crusades....
Historical and cultural prejudice is tough to overcome?

Besides... There's that Mussolini wannabe in Office there... what's
his name?.... Burlesque-oni?.... what a Buffoon....HAR Nominal9

On Nov 5, 2:27 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>  Good!
>
> …statistically speaking…looking at all of the elements of Islam, the
> smallest parts are religious while the majority is political ideology and
> the Sharia legal system.
>
> http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.1.880028077
>
>   Religion
>  ------------------------------
>
> Italy: Islam denied income tax revenue
>
>  Rome, 27 August (AKI) - Mosques in Italy will not receive a share of income
> tax revenue the Italian government allocates to religious faiths each year.
> Hindu and Buddhist temples, Greek Orthodox churches and Jehovah's Witnesses
> will be eligible for the funds, according to a bill approved by the Italian
> cabinet in May and still must be approved by parliament.
>
> Until now, the government had earmarked 8 percent of income tax revenue for
> Italy's established churches. The great majority of these funds go to the
> Catholic Church, although if they wish, individual tax payers may elect to
> give the money to charities and cultural projects instead.
>
> The head of COREIS, one of Italy's largest Muslim groups, Yahya Pallavicini,
> said he was bitter that Islam had been denied the revenue from Italian
> income tax.
>
> "Work should be begun on legally recognising those moderate Muslims who have
> for years shown themselves to be reliable interlocutors who are free of and
> fundamentalist ideology," he said.
>
> Islam is not an established religion in Italy and there is only one official
> mosque in the country, Rome's Grand Mosque (photo). Politicians from the
> ruling coalition cite radical imams, polygamy and failure to uphold women's
> rights by Muslims immigrants as obstacles to recognising Islam as an
> official religion in Italy.
>
> Until now, only the Catholic Church, Judaism and other established churches
> including Lutherans, Evangelists, Waldensians and 7th-day Adventists have
> received the income tax revenue from the Itallain government.
>
> There are between one million and 1.5 million Muslims in Italy and 130
> mosques linked the Muslim umbrella organisation UCOII across the country.
>
>  moscheea_romaaa_iberpprsss--200x150.jpg
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