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04/12/2008

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Allam, Magdi

4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Corriere della Sera - Italy | 26/02/2008

Magdi Allam denounces the pitfalls of multiculturalism

The editorialist Magdi Allam considers the recent declarations of Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, who judged "inevitable" the application of Sharia law in the Untied Kingdom. "This reality is the degenerate product of the multicultural ideology. ... These declarations are the proof that an insidious process, the Islamisation of society is already well on its way. ... By leaning on the 'politically correct' and by allowing Muslims to have their own courts, a mixture is installed that can unbalance the country and overthrow constitutional order. The real tragedy is that we are prisoners of our conception of freedom and democracy, to the point that, by relativising everything, we accept mores that are contrary to our own and we submit ourselves to different ideologies and faiths".

Corriere della Sera - Italy | 28/09/2006

Indignation over the cancellation of "Idomeneo" in Berlin

The editorialist Magdi Allam was very shocked by the declarations of Father Thomas Michel, a Jesuit who is a specialist on Islam and the president of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. The council has firmly condemned Benedict XVI's statements, judging that the Christians owe an apology to Muslims. "Father Michel is the emblem of the 'Islamically correct' within the Church. A new life philosophy that urges the West to self-censor its own freedom of expression for fear of reaction from Islamists, as the Berlin opera scandal has shown by choosing to follow the decision, just like Geneva concerning the Voltaire's 'Mahomet' [the play was banned in Geneva in 1993 upon the demand of representatives of the Muslim community] London's censoring of Christopher Marlowe's play 'Tamburlaine the Great'.

Corriere della Sera - Italy | 21/08/2006

Controversy over a call from the Muslim community

Leader writer Magdi Allam reacts to the appeal from the Union of Islamic Communities and Organizations in Italy (UCOII) published on August 19 in several Italian dailies and which compared Israeli policies to those of the Nazis. "If an extremist left- or right-wing group had sought to buy a page in a newspaper to launch such an insane appeal, it would have been refused. As an organization legitimized by Italian institutions, the situation is different ... It matters little what the organization preaches ... it is up to us to realize that in Italy today it is permitted to preach and incite the masses to destroy Israel and that the national printing press can print free, or for payment, a piece that questions Israel's right to exist. And all that is considered evidence of the freedom of expression, whereas it is in fact all about the heart of the terror ideology of which we are witnesses and victims."

Corriere della Sera - Italy | 20/02/2006

Italy's pardon for Gadafy

Following the resignation of Reform Minister Roberto Calderoli, accused of inciting hatred and provoking violent protests that claimed 11 lives in Libya, politicians from across the spectrum have agreed it was the right thing to apologise to Gadafy. The journalist Magdi Allam believes the crisis could have consequences for Italy's sovereignty. "Italy excels in the art of the affront - not to Islam, but to its own credibility as a sovereign state and to our dignity as free citizens. The government and opposition were wrong to genuflect before Gadafy who, after having given the order to fire on the crowd, proclaimed a day of mourning and elevated the 11 dead to the rank of martyrs. The Muhammad cartoons and the provocation of an irresponsible Italian minister [who wore a t-shirt on television showing one of the danish cartoons] are the instruments of an endless and deliberate Gadafy strategy centered on blackmail."

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