Monday, January 08, 2007

Security: Italy's interior minister jumps on the paranoia bandwagon

Italy's interior minister has said the threat of terrorism remains a reality in Italy, and vowed to take a close look at who is financing the country's mosques and who is teaching at Islamic schools.

"The spread of mosques in Italy that are built with money from foreign states is unacceptable," he told Italian reporters. "There's something about that that I don't like. I want to know who is financing what in my country."

Amato's spokesman, Fabrizio Forquet added, "mosques are set up by whomever and are financed by such foreign countries as Saudi Arabia," Forquet said. "So what are these mosques? Are they a religious site or centres for propaganda?"

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