The party Northern League (LN), which is part of the coalition that governs Italy, announced here Wednesday it will present to Parliament the request for suspension of the construction of mosques and Islamic centers in Italy.

The request was in the days following the arrest in Milan of two Moroccans who were planning attacks in northern Italy and who held extremist activities in mosques in the region.

“We asked the break for an indefinite period of building new mosques and Islamic cultural centers until Parliament does not approve a law that governs the building of places of worship,” said in a note to the spokesperson of the party in the Chamber of Deputies, Roberto Cota.

In the proposal that the Northern League will present anticipated by Cota, is determined that the construction of mosques can only be done “before it is approved by a referendum among citizens of the region where they want to be built”, and “should be at least a kilometer away from churches or synagogues. ”

The Italian Minister of Interior and also a member of the Northern League, Roberto Maroni, said that Parliament “has a duty to evaluate this proposal without prejudice.”

In Europe there is great concern due to the construction of new mosques and Italy probably will not be the only country that tries to to try to contain the increase in construction of mosques.

Via: Reuters.