A celebration in Turin of the Islamic festival of Eid Al Fitr descended into chaos as the Muslim community celebrated the end of Ramadan at Parco Dora on Sunday, March 30th. From here, an unauthorised march began, condemning Israel, Italy and the European Union. Firecrackers were thrown, targeting the local migrant detention centre. In the absence of effigies, official portrait photos of President Giorgia Meloni were torched.
“Eid Mubarak! To all the women of Turin and to all the Muslims of Turin, my best wishes on this day of celebration”, was what centre-left Democratic Party Mayor Stefano Lo Russo told the crowd from a stage in the park. After the disorder, Galeazzo Bignami, leader of the Fratelli d’Italia group in the Chamber of Deputies, noted that “unfortunately we are forced to condemn the umpteenth round of intimidation against Giorgia Meloni, whose images are once again set on fire and destroyed.”
