Italy's first Islamic burial: Italy's Muslims calling for more Islamic spaces to be established in cemeteries.

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According to the 2018 census 2.6 million Muslims live in Italy and consist of 4.3 of the population despite Islam being the second largest religion in the country, only 50 of the nearly eight thousand Italian municipalities have dedicated spaces for Muslims inside their cemeteries.

The first cemetery space for Muslims in Italy was established in Trieste in 1856. Unfortunately, not much progress has been made on the issue since then in the past few months local newspapers have published several letters with appeals by Muslims calling for more Islamic spaces to be established in cemeteries as soon as possible. The appeals have been now fulfilled. It leaves first Islamic cemetery has been planned to build on a green space in

The burial place is to be built on a 400 hectare area near the border between Fiumicino goes to the International Airport and the city of Bracciano will be the first cemetery dedicated to Muslims. 

A Qur'anic school sports center and space for halal slaughter have also been proposed for the site with a 400 hectare the cemetery can hold up to 16,000 plots the site of the proposed cemetery is valued at

This project is seen as a for huge relief to Muslims, as they are only 58 Muslim cemeteries in the entire country finding a place to bury their relatives is not a new problem for the Italian Muslim community. The high amount of coronavirus casualties in Italy has compounded the already short supply of Muslim burial spots. 

This project fulfills one of the many necessities that Muslims of Italy desperately need however, Italy's right-wing league party  has voiced its opposition to the Tragliatella project.

We hope that Italy succeeds in this project soon proving to be an assistance to the Italian Muslims in this time of need.