ISLAM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE

273 freedom that the peoples of the West have managed to conquer at a high price. At this point we want to let discriminatory laws be re-introduced through the appearance of laws for religious freedom, carried out by some of our politicians in cahoots, perhaps without knowing it, with whom to stand as a representative of Muslims in Italy? We are all Italian citizens, subject to the laws of this country that welcomed us, laws that guarantee religious freedom without the need for mediators. Allam Wednesday, 19 September 2007 Dear... I appreciate and share your thou- ghts on the Muslims by profession who have transformed their mosques into centres of power and on the Italian rulers who lend themselves to this deleterious strategy for the whole of humanity. Thank you for your testimony. Best regards and my best wishes for every good, Magdi Allam Thursday, 20 September 2007 Invitation for the Ramadan pushed by Ma- gdi and Danielle I expose two experiences keeping in mind that I read the forum very occasionally both for the short time and because the signatures are the usual. 1- In Israel I had the opportunity to meet communities that housed children of the three religions, with their parents in har- mony with each other. At their request, I also reported to a TV channel of our expe- rience in Italy. 2- At a recent international meeting this month, Egyptians and Israelis agreed that it is time to exchange students, starting with Italy, for example. Finally, I believe that ordinary people can meet without particular problems, far from the political and religious circles of the two sides. That is why I believe that Christians have an important role to play. In Lebanon, you will know that Christians act as shock absorbers between Sunnis, Druze and Shiites; there are rather few villages where Muslims of different rite live together. At the same time they are scapegoats. I am also interested to know similar expe- riences from readers, magare replicating the same title: invitation for Ramadan. Thanks to Magdy for all the good you are doing, at your expense.