Italy expels Kosovo radical imam for security reasons
GazetaExpress
2 minutes
Wednesday, 01 November 2017 09:14
A Muslim religious leader from Kosovo was expelled from Italy for posing threat of national security, according to Italian media.
The imam identified as Idriz Idrizovic, 39, was deported from the city of Lecco in the northern Lombardy region, where he lived since 2008, at the order of the Italian Interior Ministry, according to Ansa news agency. The man was allegedly linked to other Muslim preachers from the Balkans, who are believed to support an extremist view of religion. Officers from military police Carabinieri arrested the imam at his home on Monday, and a court in Lecco later upheld the ministry's expulsion order on the basis that the man represented a danger for Italy, state broadcaster RAI News 24 also reported. He was to be brought to Milan airport for a flight to Kosovo on Tuesday. Idrizovic lived in a small town in the province of Lecco with his wife and five children.
Date: 01 November 2017 09:14
Author: GazetaExpress
