Sure they do.this is a 'tame' Muslim 'leader'. Check out her picture on the url.
Bruce http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Religion <http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Religion&loid=8.0.373699983&par=0 > &loid=8.0.373699983&par=0 ITALY: MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADER WELCOMES PLAN TO CONTROL MOSQUES' FUNDS <javascript:aumenta();> <javascript:diminuisci();> Rome, 5 Jan. (AKI) - Souad Sbai, a member of Italy's government-appointed body on Muslim affairs, the Consulta, welcomed Friday the proposal of interior minister Giuliano Amato to control foreign funding of mosques. "Finally. We had been asking for years controls on money for mosques in our country," said Sbai, who is also the leader of the Confederation of Moroccans in Italy. "We have always warned the government and public opinion that the nature of foreign funds for some mosques is unclear." There are approximately 1.2 million Muslims in Italy, of whom 20,000 are Italian converts. The Union of Islamic Communities in Italy (UCOII), the largest Muslim group in Italy, and other Muslim organisations have invested two million euros in the past few years to buy 13 mosques across Italy - sparking allegations that part of the money came from fundamentalist foreign groups. Amato suggested Thursday that Italy could import the French model to control foreign funds with the "institution of a partly state-owned foundation where the money funding religious and civil initiatives is funnelled." Sbai cited the example of Morocco where authorities have recently shut down 140 mosques which did not follow the guidelines established by the ministry for religious affairs. "The real problem of the Italian Islamic community is the lack of volunteer groups to help the communities of immigrants," the activist also said. "We have in fact an increasing number of associations which are however of a religious nature. Nobody therefore takes care of the problems of the weakest, like women, the elderly and the sick." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
