No place to pray


Rejaul looking on before the half-day prayer in his private parking lot at a construction site in Monfalcone. — AFP

IT’s Friday prayers in the northeastern Italian city of Monfalcone and hundreds of men are on their knees in a concrete parking lot, their heads bowed to the ground.

They are just a fraction of the city’s Muslims who, since November, have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone’s far-right mayor.

Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel for breaking news alerts and key updates!
StarExtra

Next In Focus

The great travel slump
Pizza under pressure
Last hoedown before eviction
From Andes to Sudan’s killing fields
Doomsday Clock: At our own peril
Reform or revolution
Stephen Miller: Trump’s Madman
Hope in the land of the free
Expand HPV DNA testing to strengthen cervical cancer screening
Casting out cervical cancer

Others Also Read