http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20170410-202021 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-holy-word-does-not-come-strictly-in-italian-another-islamophobic-law-stopped-in-northern-italy/ The Holy Word does not come strictly in Italian – Another Islamophobic Law stopped in Northern Italy Anello, Giancarlo eng 2017-04-10 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 islam Italy language Lega Nord mosques Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The saga continues: again have regions in Italy governed by the right-wing party Lega Nord tried to use an administrative law to restrict the building of new mosques in the regions. This time, Veneto came up with something new: they made it mandatory to speak only Italian in religious buildings. But the Constitutional Court took a clear stance, for religious freedom and for the importance of language as a cultural good.