The Simon Wiesenthal Center called on the Italian government to deport the imam of Rome’s Grand Mosque after he gave a sermon praising suicide bombers. In a letter to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the Wiesenthal Center noted that Italy was about to take over both the presidency of the European Union and the chairmanship of the International Task Force on Holocaust, Remembrance and Education.
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