Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:25am on 18 Dec 2023,Monday International
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sparked controversy by stating that Islamic culture and European values have a "compatibility problem" at an event hosted by her right-wing party and attended by UK PM Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk. Meloni criticized Saudi Arabian financing of Islamic centers in Italy and Sharia law penalties like death for adultery and homosexuality. She argued that there is a problematic "Islamisation" process happening in Europe, with values distant from European civilization, but said she was not generalizing all of Islam. Sunak backed Meloni's migration policies, while facing his own criticism over a plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
