The Council of State, following the outcome of the council chamber, accepted the precautionary appeals of the Islamic cultural associations Darus Salaam and Baitus Salat of Monfalcone and specifies that “the Administration is required to identify, in consultation with the interested and in a spirit of mutual and loyal collaboration, accessible and worthy alternative places to allow believers to practice prayer”. The decision sets a discussion table within 7 days. The conflict between the municipality, administered by the Mayor of the Northern League, Anna Maria Cisint, concerns two buildings used for prayers and closed due to alleged planning irregularities. The first citizen, having read the decision, affirms that it “indisputably clarifies that the two Islamic centers cannot be used as places of prayer, reiterating the validity of the motivations of the local authority”. And again: “We have always acted in the name of legality and the need to enforce the rules which must apply to all citizens. “The Council of State has fully grasped this hypothesis – adds the mayor – which, as I had the opportunity to point out, has nothing to do with the aspects of freedom of worship which have on the contrary been violently exploited”.
The Council of State also looked into criticism of the alternatives proposed in “peripheral and external places”.
“The Council of State incisively reminded the Administration of the duties of mutual collaboration and the values which must inspire the action of public authorities,” underlines the legal representative of Islamic cultural associations, Vincenzo Latorraca. “Underlining the constitutional importance of the right of worship and the need for a fair debate between the parties, the Council – reports a note published by the lawyer – also deemed it necessary, pending the definition of the judgment on the merits, to adopt alternative solutions. provisional measures which allow believers to continue to observe religious prescriptions (also linked to the period of Ramadan)”. The Council of State “takes into consideration the critical observations made by the association with regard to the places identified between time by the Police Prefecture (since, it is said, places “in the open air and located in completely remote and peripheral places”). ')”. Furthermore, “in the face of the substantial refusal to the discussion opposed to date by the Commune, the Council of State has ordered the convening of the discussion table 'with the greatest speed and in any event within 7 days of communication of this order'. It is therefore provided that the Municipality convenes, without further delay, after three jurisdictional provisions favorable to associations, the discussion table so that suitable and dignified places are identified for the exercise of the right of worship by members, provisionally and in the meantime. “the decision of the TAR Fvg.
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