Angry Bengali Muslims living in Venice are threatening to stage a strike after local authorities denied a permit to build a controversial mosque in the historic Italian city’s mainland borough of Mestre. Islamists say the action is unfair and defies their rights to freedom of worship wherever followers gather even if they are in the minority.
There is currently no official, permanent purpose-built mosque in the historic island city center – nor elsewhere on the nearby coastal shore – something dismayed and disappointed followers of Islam are determined to rectify.
The Mayor reportedly pointed out that although the mosque’s current plans are a…
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