AKI – Rome: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and journalist Magdi Allam have received death threats posted in an Islamist website said to be close to al-Qaeda.
Magdi Allam, the Christian convert targeted by Islamist death threats, has expressed concern about the danger he faces and fears that the perpetrators may be Italian.
"I find it extremely worrying that today we can find internet sites, full of al-Qaeda-inspired thought in Italian language, giving support to Bin Laden's terrorism," said Allam in an interview with Adnkronos International (AKI) on Wednesday.
Allam is an Egyptian-born writer and deputy editor of Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, who converted from Islam to Roman Catholicism in a highly publicised Easter service conducted by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in April.
"I find this serious because the writers of these sites are most likely Italians," Allam told AKI. Italy: Christian Convert Reacts to Islamist Death Threats >>> | June 18, 2008
CNA:
Magdi Allam Says Islamist Death Threats Suggest ‘Extremely Worrying’ Italian Origin >>> | June 19, 2008
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