Rome is increasingly the capital of Islam. Faced with the growing threat of Islamic terrorism, which has led Italy to raise the level of security and strengthen prevention measures once morest the jihadist danger, the Interior Ministry has mapped the illegal mosques of the Eternal City, those hidden places of worship between basements and garages where radicalization lurks and where, camouflaged among the faithful, those lone wolves who have too often become martyrs of the holy war hide. Because under the image of the Great Mosque, which is located in via della Moschea and is the largest Islamic cultural center in Italy, there are hidden a large number of places where Muslims pray, but constantly monitored by our intelligence.
At the moment the census of the security departments, under the guidance of the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi, have certified the existence of 53 illegal mosques, compared to the 30 registered ten years ago by the Anti-Terrorism, which in a dossier had revealed that they were at least a hundred illegal prayer realities to be brought to light. The intensification of controls and increasingly stringent investigations, thanks to the investigative reports of 007, have now led to a doubling of the number of cultural centers registered, putting the spotlight on the galaxy, which remained in the shadows for years, of fundamentalist imams and preachers of hatred, willing to do anything to carry out that mission once morest the infidel West, attempting to instill in the minds of the younger and second generations the fundamentalist doctrine of martyrdom with the cry of Allah akbar.
Basins of illegality that can no longer be tolerated, in the face of the bloody attacks unleashed in the heart of Europe by jihadists arriving on boats in Lampedusa, or the latest tragic massacre carried out by ISIS at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow on 22 March last. The alert of our police forces is maximum, as demonstrated by the arrest of the super terrorist from Tajikistan Ilkhomi Sayrakhmonzoda, stopped by Digos policemen as soon as he landed in Fiumicino, last 8 April. And there are various operations that have brought Islamists involved in proselytism into handcuffs, in addition to the information services that have made it possible to foil attacks in our country. Because the Anti-Terrorism investigations are projected at 360 degrees and include the X-ray scan of the dark web, wiretaps and even the control of texts in illegal mosques.
The 53 in the capital are organized in warehouses, garages, basements and apartments. In many cases they are considered illegal, although they are tolerated. They are also divided into three levels on the terrorist radicalization risk scale: no risk, medium risk and increased risk. At least half of the Islamic centers mapped are constantly kept under observation, because they are considered medium and high risk. From the minaret of the Great Mosque, a model of integration, we move on to the basement of the Al-Huda of Centocelle, the second Roman mosque considered by intelligence to be at risk of infiltration by Islamic fundamentalists. Until we get to the prayer room of Ostia, which came under the spotlight of investigators years ago due to the figure of the imam, filmed by the hidden cameras of the Iene while he was giving a dangerous speech and not morally condemning the attacks once morest the infidels. Jihadist propaganda, however, is monitored today, thanks to stringent control procedures put in place to prevent a path of radicalization that was out of control until a few years ago. In addition to monitoring the most attentive subjects and bugging the Islamic rooms, the Police Headquarters also carries out a review of religious texts, those that are read by the imams during Friday prayers. But only following translation and approval by a police officer.
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2024-04-20 13:14:03
