Dispatch from the Italian Front
From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Fri, 2007-08-24 10:12
A quote from ANSAmed, 21 August 2007
Unknown people have set fire to Islamic butcher Bismi Allah in Chiari, in the province of Brescia, which specialised in the sale of meat prepared according to Muslim tradition. The episode follows several attacks which, lately, hit places of worship and offices of Islamic associations in Lombardy region. […] The owner of the butcher’s, Bouchta Fixih, is on holiday in Morocco in his hometown. No claims of responsibility were made for the attacks.
A quote from ANSAmed, 1 August 2007
The number of Islamic places of worship in Italy continues to grow: their number grew from 696 at the end of 2006 to 735 in May this year. The Islamic places of worship numbered 351 in 2000, […] According to Italian intelligence, the places of worship […] are mostly related to the Maghreb community, which according to the report “reveals internal conflicts between the moderate and the radical wings and registers isolated fundamentalist presences […]”.
A quote from ANSAmed, 11 July 2007
There is more fear and distrust in Italian cities about immigrants identified as ‘Arab’, or those coming from Islamic cultures. With the drop of opinions in favour for granting these immigrants the right to vote in local elections, a strong rise in opposition to the construction of mosques, and a progressive decline of those who see favourably the formation of mixed couples. These are the results of a study carried out by the Milan Chamber of Commerce in Milan, Bologna, Rome, Naples and Palermo.
A quote from the Corriere della Sera, 13 July 2007
The grey, reinforced concrete wall is two and a half metres high and 800 metres long. At night, it will be lit by powerful floodlights. […] The development will house 250 people, doubling the local population, and no one will be able to get into this latter-day fortified citadel without showing identification. […] This residential complex is currently under construction in the Borgo Ronche district of Fontanafredda, a municipality with 10,000 inhabitants five kilometres from Pordenone. It’s a secure, walled complex because here in north-east Italy, people don’t feel safe any more. “It’s the foreigners’ fault”, they say. […] Alpea Sas, the company that is building the walled village […] is owned by Antonia Zanussi, granddaughter of Lino, the founder of Electrolux, and she is married to Gianfranco Zoppas. Zanussi and Zoppas are Pordenone’s two most influential families.
A quote from ANSAmed, 4 July 2007
Dounia Ettaib, vice-president of the Association of Moroccan Women in Italy […] who was threatened in Milan in the past few days for her commitment towards the self-determination of Muslim women, […] underlined the seriousness of the risky battle she is fighting: whoever attacked her, last Friday near the mosque in Viale Jenner, threatened her by telling her “not to defend prostitutes”. This sentence inflicted “a deep wound – Dounia explained – because it shows how many people have still not understood our work. I do not defend prostitutes but women who want to be free”. Dounia […] was attacked by two countrymen for having demonstrated before the Palace of Justice in Brescia with a sign “I am Hina”, in the name of the Pakistani girl killed by her father because accused of failing to follow Islamic rules.
A quote from AKI, 21 August 2007
Italy’s Foreign Ministry has instructed the country’s embassy in Cairo to monitor closely the plight of an Egyptian man, Mohammed Hegazi, who has received death threats following his conversion from Islam to Christianity. Hegazi, a journalist and political activist, is in hiding together with his wife Katarina, who is four months pregnant. Hegazi's case “would not be taken lightly”, Italian deputy foreign minister Ugo Intini [said]. […] Last year Italy granted political asylum to an Afghan man, Abdul Rahman, who converted to Christianity and who could have been executed in Afghanistan for renouncing Islam.
To Mauramia
Submitted by Taurus689 on Mon, 2007-08-27 02:23.
Well said. Europeans and their descendents in NA, Australia and NZ are at the moment of truth. We need to act now or leave a Hell in which our grandchildren will be forced to live. These people are not among us to assimilate as good citizens but rather, consciously or unconsciously to dismantle and eradicate every trace of Western Culture. From the Hell holes of the ME and Africa they are welcomed to our countries by our self serving leaders and attempt to change incrementally our cultures and customs. They fly in the face of our laws, violate our women, hamstring our legal system and pillage our educational institutions.
They need to go.
Taurus 689.
Submitted by mauramia on Mon, 2007-08-27 03:41.
Hi Taurus 689. I thank you. I do not see their behaviour as being subconscious, but perhaps because they have been inculcated with the philosophy of this religion of peace mantra for so long, they firmly believe it, but whatever beliefs we may hold close to our hear is rubbish and must be obliterated. That, however, is to the detriment of our world and those within it that opted to open the front door to them in the first place. Nevertheless, they are no longer living in their own third world, but guests in a Western society, and contrary to what they demand, they must learn to either accept the West, warts and all, or find a new address. We, on the other hand, must cease to acquiesce to what other cultures see as their ‘right’ to lead us up the proverbial garden path through the laws of our countries. All this, while they hand taxpayers the privilege of paying the bill for the slip and fall lawyers who give short shrift to any legitimate fears we may have concerning our children’s future.
Clear writing
Submitted by Mike H. on Sun, 2007-08-26 22:10.
Mauramia, your meaning was clear enough. The immigrants should repack their cultural as well as their religious beliefs and cart them back to the place of origin. That or assimilate.
I'm not catholic but the walling up of the madonna by the jerk in Valaperta di Casatenovo is too much.
Hello Mike H. Thank you very
Submitted by mauramia on Mon, 2007-08-27 02:42.
Hello Mike H. Thank you very much indeed for your nice comment. I sometimes get a little carried away when writing, so perhaps my remarks were misconstrued. I too was aghast at the sealing of this shrine, and cannot help but think what sort of a reaction one could expect should some nice, religious Catholic boys in Italy seal the front doors of a Mosque. I daresay we would witness something similar to the Cartoon Caper. What an utterly dreary thought.
back to the middle ages
Submitted by Armor on Sat, 2007-08-25 15:57.
mauramia: "their beliefs of the 7th century"
You mean the Arab beliefs that existed in Arabia in the 7th century.
Our ancestors living in Europe in the 7th century were not barbarians.
Armor
Submitted by mauramia on Sun, 2007-08-26 03:48.
Hello Armor. I most certainly did NOT mean 7th century Europeans, and if you took that meaning from my post, them my writing is less than I had believed it to be. Best Wishes, Mauramia.
Un-Welcome Mat Finally Rolled Out In Italy.
Submitted by mauramia on Sat, 2007-08-25 15:18.
But this is Italy. It is not the Middle East or Africa, and those of a foreign element must recognise that they are at most, if there legally, a guest in this country, and not set out to cart their beliefs of the 7th century with them to this most benevolent place where the citizens have finally had enough of their garbage behaviour. I grow weary watching the parade of Arab\African lawbreakers each year I return to Rome, as they flog their cheap knock-offs of Gucci, Prada and other world famous purses, scarves and leather goods. They harass you to buy their junk, all in view of legitimate shops who pay taxes to a government who dose zero to stop this thuggish behaviour. I am beyond being furious with this lot of moochers, and the idea that they have Eurabia by the throat, all granted by those of the politically correct chattering class, is at times is more than I can accept. To witness such crassness from foreigners who try to usurp native Romans via undercutting them in the marketplace, is perhaps fodder for the others who see the flooding of Europe by these same immigrants as an invasion of their very culture. It is past time for change as the un-welcome mat is being rolled out in Italy, and in truth, who can lay blame at the feet of a people who have had their generosity flung in their face by people who believe that their way is the only way? In this magnificent city of Rome, respect is due, and must be paid, to a place that has given the world much, vis-à-vis art, culture and history, not to mention food, literature and architecture. Enough is enough.