Meloni additionally criticised Saudi Arabia and its Sharia-based legislation.
New Delhi:
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has stated that Islamic tradition and the values and rights of European civilisation have a “compatibility downside”. Meloni’s controversial comment got here at an occasion organised by her right-wing, ultra-conservative Brothers of Italy celebration, which was attended by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and billionaire Elon Musk.
“I imagine there’s a downside of compatibility between Islamic tradition or a sure interpretation of Islamic tradition and the rights and values of our civilisation,” she stated. “It doesn’t escape my thoughts that many of the Islamic cultural centres in Italy are financed by Saudi Arabia.”
Meloni additionally criticised Saudi Arabia’s inflexible Sharia legislation beneath which apostasy and homosexuality are felony offences. Sharia legislation, generally known as Islamic legislation, constitutes a set of ideas and rules rooted within the Quran and the Hadith, representing the foundational spiritual texts of Islam.
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“Sharia means lapidation for adultery and the loss of life penalty for apostasy and homosexuality. I imagine that these ought to be raised, which doesn’t imply generalising on Islam. It means elevating the issue that there’s a technique of Islamisation in Europe that could be very distant from the values of our civilisation,” she stated.
Throughout his go to to Rome, Sunak backed Meloni’s migration strategy. Sunak’s controversial plan to ship asylum seekers to Rwanda has been met with a barrage of authorized challenges and accusations of inhumane remedy. Meloni, alternatively, has drawn flak for her makes an attempt to restrict the actions of charity rescue ships working within the Mediterranean Sea.
“If we don’t sort out this downside, the numbers will solely develop. It can overwhelm our nations and our capability to assist those that really want our assist probably the most,” he stated. “Making that deterrent credible will imply doing issues otherwise, breaking from consensus. And each Giorgia and I are ready to do this.”
The 2 leaders additionally met Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to debate migration.