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Italy to Close Unofficial Mosques

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ThinkStock Italy 112815?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1448730432738Marek Uliasz/iStock/ThinkStock(ROME, Italy) —  A lot of Muslim places of worship are about to be shut down in Italy.

The Italian government says it will move to close any mosque tha tis not officially registered as a place of worship.

The Interior Minister in Italy made the announcement saying it was part of Italy’s strategy to help fight terrorism.

There are 800 unofficial or what are called “garage mosques” where many of the one million or so Muslims living in Italy go to worship.

But critics point out that many of them were set up after local administrations blocked requests on the behalf of Muslims in Italy to set up official mosques.

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