In Italy, Muslims are fighting with the city administration for the mosque

Muslims of the Italian city of Monfalcone continue to fight against the Islamophobic administration, which prevents the religious community from holding collective prayers. By the order of the far-right party mayor, the city's Muslims have been banned from praying in two Islamic centers since November.

Due to the ban, Muslims are currently gathering at a private construction site, performing Friday prayers in the open, and awaiting the decision of a court hearing later this month.

Among those praying at the construction site is Raja-ul-Haq, the owner of the site who agreed to host the believers for Friday prayers, France24 reports.

“Tell me, where should I go? Why should I leave Monfalcone? I live here, I pay taxes here!” - says Haqq, who came from Bangladesh and received Italian citizenship in 2006.

"Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses - they all have their synagogues, why can't we have one?"

Immigrants make up about a third of the town of 30,000, most of whom are Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise ships for Fincantieri, Italy's largest shipbuilder.