We are following a developing story out of Italy, where some Muslim activists and imams are attempting to intimidate an investigative journalist from Il Giornale. For some time now, we have translated many articles by Giulia Sorrentino on migrant crime, illegal mosques, and Islamist activism in Italy. This is the latest of Sorrentino's articles, appearing today in Il Giornale. It concerns a Turin-based imam named Brahim Baya and Davide Piccardo, who operates an Islamic site called La Luce (The Light).
In addition, Tommaso Cerno, editor-in-chief of Il Giornale, has penned an editorial in today's edition, where he tells the Muslim activists what they can do with their threats and fatwas. Both are translated by Fousesquawk.
The Party of Muslims advances: "We must have an impact at the polls"
The birth of an electoral "subject" confirmed in a social media broadcast by the preacher, Baya, and the activist, Piccardo. Shahin remains free.
Giulia Sorrentino 23 January 2026 at 14:40
Islam is penetrating our institutions. It is doing so through elections of municipal counselors with representatives who take positions increasingly clear on current issues and with the solid connection established between the Muslim communities, social centers, and extra-parliamentary acronym groups, strengthening themselves on the streets with the pro-Palestinian cause. However, the concept of political Islam is very far from that (which is) purely religious: It implies a precise idea according to which, there is no separation between religion and the State.
The Koran, the Sunna, and Sharia are the sources of law. Thinkers like Hassan al-Banna (founder of the Muslim Brotherhood), Sayyid Qutb, (and) Maududi have theorized that, "Islam is not just a religion, but a complete system of government, law, society, economy, and culture". That brings us to that expressed by Brahim Baya, Islamic preacher in Turin, and Davide Piccardo, founder of the Islamic site, La Luce (The Light), who have often attacked Il Giornale. During the latest live broadcast on social media, speaking precisely on the political participation of the Islamic community, they said what we have been theorizing for months.
"Our community makes up 3 or 4 million people. What I want from the community and those who lead this community is to make it aware of its rights, how to fight for their rights together with the rest of the citizenry. The problem is that our community is not necessarily involved and not necessarily aware of its weight and the possibility to assert its own rights, and it is this that emboldens the others to attack us more and more." A call to arms, or better, a call to the polls.
But Baya is certainly no stranger to similar discourse. It was he who expressed his opposition to the referendum on justice, just as he fervently defended the imam of via Saluzzo, in the Piedmont capital (Turin), Mohamed Shahin, whom the Turin Tribunal decided to release, notwithstanding the deportation order from the Interior Ministry and notwithstanding being considered a danger to national security. But wasn't it Baya who praised the life of Yahah Sinwar, considering him a martyr, when, in reality, he was the mastermind of the terrorist attack of October 7? And wasn't it Piccardo who posted phrases from the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood on his own social media or who wished a "happy October 7 to all"? Or who took to the streets on behalf of Mohamed Hannoun, accused of being Hamas' man in Italy? So, in what way do these people think they will insert themselves into politics? With the democratic principles or with the sacred Islamic laws? And hiding themselves behind the excuse of a rampant Islamophobia is the only way that some members of the Islamic community have to avoid discussing the issues.
Because there is nothing Islamophobic in condemning those who praise Palestinian terrorism, just as there is nothing Islamophobic in trying to explain the principles that radical Islam brings forth in a manner incompatible with our Constitution. But they are the first to know; (it is) they who have not signed the agreement with the Italian State as required by Article 8 of our Constitution.
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And here is the translation of the editorial by Cerno.
Keep your fatwas, Korans, and threats
We will continue to denounce the violence of some of your imams and to explain to the Italian people that radical Islam has taken over
By Tommaso Cerno
23 January 2026- 10:00
In order not to waste the time of supposed Koran experts, who, as far as I am concerned, are the Italian phalanx in the construction of the Islamist party, which, from France to the Mediterranean, wants to change the balance of politics to the left, I propose a deal with Mr Piccardo: Since we have no interest in you, in the sense that we will continue to report the contents of documents that we are uncovering, from the investigations opened on your members and sympathizers, on illegal mosques that become centers of recruitment, of the connections of your sympathizers with the Hamas terrorists, and we will continue to denounce the violence of some of your imams, and to explain to the Italian people that radical Islam has taken over, so we ask you not to try and intimidate us as often happens. As has happened in your pseudo-religious video, where, together with Mr Baya, you cited our Giornale, our editor, and our colleague, Giulia Sorrentino, who has been following this investigation for some time.
Because Giulia is a strong woman, who does not wear the burka nor the veil, who does not take orders from you nor allow herself to be frightened, just like any of us, let alone accept the gag of a nascent political movement. What we are waiting for are the denials. Thus far, we are receiving threats, free copies of the Koran, and various fatwas. To be honest, we have no fear of these, nor do we know what to do with them.
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