The history of Islam in Italy started when Sicily and some Italian regions were part of the Muslim Umma between 828 and 1300. From that time, and through the country’s unification in 1861, Islam was almost entirely absent. In the 1970s, the first trickle of North African immigrants began arriving: They were mostly of Berber and Arab origin and came mainly from Morocco. In more recent years, they have been followed by people from Albania, Egypt, Tunisia, Senegal, Somalia, Pakistan and other Islamic countries ...
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