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...three, the decision-makers said they were upholding their countries' laws on the separation of church or mosque and state. But taken together, the cases raise uncomfortable questions about tolerance. Why, for instance, should a religious symbol like a crucifix be acceptable in a public school - as Italians overwhelmingly say it should be - while a head scarf worn by a young girl is not? Why should one kind of head scarf be permitted, and another outlawed? For non-Muslims, the rulings challenge long-held views about the relationship between Europe's Christian traditions and official state secularity. For Muslims, they...
...ruling unleashed fury across much of Italian society, with some opponents of the decision suggesting that Italy's cultural foundations in Catholicism were being undermined by Muslims using secular arguments as cover. Smith lambastes such notions: "This is Italy's old Catholic fundamentalism coming to the surface. You must not confuse culture with the state and the rights of its citizens. You can keep your crucifix in your home or your church or around your neck, but not at my child's school." Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu disagrees. "The crucifix is not only a religious symbol; it represents...
...ADEL SMITH, leader of the Italian Union of Muslims
...Eagle Pictures and Renault (with an ad for the Clio that shows a male cop pulling over a car, looking at the male driver and whipping out his pad - to write not a ticket, but his phone number). The channel claims peak-hour viewership of up to 500,000 Italian households. The numbers may be small compared to the major networks, but they do contain a fabulous little secret: nearly half of the audience for GAY-TV is straight. "We do not want to create gay programs, but programs that come from a gay point of view," says the channel...
Mambo Italiano opens with promise: warm coloring, fluid camerawork and appealing Italian-themed scenes, with the family eating gelato. We are introduced to in-the-closet Angelo (Luke Kirby), a young Italian man from Montreal finally moving out after 27 years of what he calls “the trap,” living at home with his parents, who just want him to meet and fall in love with a nice Italian girl. After Angelo’s new apartment is robbed, he moves in with Nino, a childhood friend who, like Angelo, is gay. But tell their parents...