“Islam and Europe: the challenge of integration”: Yahya Sergio Pallavicini, Imam al-Wahid Central Mosque, Milan,Italy : Lech Lechà Insight

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Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini is vice president of COREIS ( Islamic religious Communitiy in Italy) and Imam of the al-Wahid mosque of Milano. He is one of the founders of the Imam, Rabbis and Christian for peace at UNESCO and a consultant for the relationships between the Vatican and Italy of the 138 muslim sages of the document “Una Parola Comune” (A common word). He lectured on Islam in Italian and international universities talking of a spiritual, orthodox and ecumenical Islam. He has in particular faced questions such as the relations between faith and laity, intercultural education, interreligious dialogue, inner self. His major books are: Islam in Europe, Riflessioni di un Imam italiano, (Il Saggiatore 2004, prized in 2005 by the President of Tunisia) and Dentro la Moschea, BUR 2007.

AP Video:Milan mosque opens doors to worshippers and wider public for Ramadan during the Olympics-AP Archive

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Milan - 20 February 2026 1. Various of congregation at Al-Wahid mosque in Milan listening to the adhan or call to prayer, for Maghrib prayers, which are called at the time of sunset - on days of Ramadan this is the precise moment worshippers can start eating or drinking after a day of fasting 2. Various of dates being distributed 3. Various of mosque attendees eating their iftar meal 4. Various of Yahya Pallavicini, Imam at Al-Wahid mosque in Milan 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Yahya Pallavicini, Imam at Al-Wahid mosque in Milan: "The Olympics is probably a symbolic moment because there is the occasion to struggle in good terms as a sport discipline and rather than fight each other. And of course we had also persons coming from Islamic background or Islamic countries." 6. Various of worshippers praying their Maghrib prayers (one of five daily prayers with this one taking place after sunset) 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Yahya Pallavicini, Imam at Al-Wahid mosque in Milan: "I think sport, culture, art, are part of ways or approaches that can help to decrease again the prejudice and the phobia against one specific culture or one specific religious identity." 8. Various of worshippers praying their Maghrib prayers 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina Croce, worshipper at Al-Wahid mosque: "Ramadan is special for all Muslims because it is a time of special blessings, not only for us who are fasting, but also because we get to share the mercy and also generosity of God with other people also who are not Muslims."

EULEMA is the European council of Muslim religious leaders, scholars, imams and teachers. Headquartered in Brussels and recognized as an official interlocutor of the European institutions, the Majlis works to give Europe's Muslim communities an independent and coordinated voice — in interreligious dialogue, in the defence of religious freedom, and in the shared task of building a more cohesive European society.

Yahya Sergio Pallavicini is Imam of al-Wahid Central Mosque in Milan. Vice President of COREIS, the Islamic Religious Community of Italy (www.coreis.it), Chairman of EULEMA, the European Muslim Scholars Council (Brussels, eulema.org).

https://eulema.org/the-majlis/yahya-pallavicini

Brochure PDF: Al-Wahid Central Mosque and COREIS (The Islamic Religious Community of Italy) 

https://www.coreis.it/pdfs/Brochure_COREIS_EN_2013.pdf

Book,Imams in Western Europe:

Chapter:The training of Imams in Italy:The Case of CO.RE.IS By Pallavicini Yahya - Taylor and Francis Group

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.5117/9789462983830_CH20/training-imams-italy-pallavicini-yahya