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• Islamists are the main terror threat, says report

  22 April 2009
  The Italian government investigated 216 terror threats against Italy last year, concluding that Islamist cells were the «primary threat to the public interest, both Italy and abroad.» The extent of the terror threats were revealed in an anti-terrorism report presented to the department of information security.

• Police carry out anti-terror raids across country

  22 April 2009
  Twenty-six foreigners suspected of links to international terrorism and aiding illegal immigration, are being investigated by Italian police, after raids carried out in several Italian cities. The raids were carried out in the northern cities of Vicenza, Venice, Padova, Brescia, Como, Cuneo, Trento, and Florence.

• New Al-Qaeda video targets Germany

  18 March 2009
  A new video purportedly from Al-Qaeda criticizes the German government for squandering taxpayers’ money on troops stationed in Afghanistan. The video, which has been posted to jihadist websites, urges Germany to renounce capitalism and embrace Islam to escape economic recession.

• Muslim summit in Rome looks at ways to fight radicalism

  28 July 2008
  Members of Italy’s Muslim community met on Friday to find new ways to combat extremism. The meeting, held in Rome’s main mosque, was the first of its kind to be organized by the Association of Muslim Intellectuals. "We placed attention on the need to implement strategies to prevent Islamic radicalism and foster initiatives that aim to create a more accurate image of Islam," said in a statement by the group.

• Christian convert Magdi Allam reacts to Islamist death threats

  25 June 2008
  Magdi Allam, a Christian convert to Islam who has been targeted with death threats over apostasy, has expressed concern about these dangers and the fear that the perpetrators may be Italian. Allam’s fears were expressed concerning the large number of al-Qaeda inspired websites popping up on the internet, and the belief that some websites are created and maintained by Italians.

• Germany: Threat of Islamic terrorism ’consistently high’, says report

  3 June 2008
  The threat of Islamic terrorism in Germany remained high in 2007, according to an annual report by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The report said Islamic militants are increasingly setting their sights on Germany and view the country as an «operational area» and that Islamists regard Germany as a «crusader» and as an ally of the United States and Israel. American, Israeli and British institutions were at high risk, said the report, as well as Russian targets, due to the ongoing conflict in Chechnya. As an example, the report mentioned the arrests of militants on 4 September 2007, when three individuals allegedly planned attacks on American institutions in Germany and were caught with bomb-making material.

• Muslims to protest against new security measures

  2 June 2008
  Members of the Islamic community in Naples and surrounding areas are planning to protest newly proposed security measures. The package could make illegal immigration a crime and replace police officers with security personnel to patrol the streets - including soldiers.

• Muslim radicalism ‘on the rise’ survey finds

  13 November 2007
  A new poll shows that half of Italians believe that Islamic extremism is growing in their country and over 50% believe it to be an increasing worldwide threat. Most Italians believe that immigrants do not want to integrate, while less than one third blame the lack of Italian integrative infrastructure.