Christians Under Attack

if the Islamic immigrants are considered problematic, the control/regulation of immigration represents one of the ten major problems in the country. These are the results of the second survey of the Social Observatory on Immigrations, conducted by Makno & Consulting. The research - presented at the Viminale Palace by Minister Giuliano Amato - involved 1,000 Italian citizens and 1,000 immigrants. In the past year, according to the survey, the population having feelings of openness and helpfulness towards the immigrants remained stable at 42%, while the citizens who showed feelings of distrust doubled (from 5.9% in the previous survey to 11.3%), along with those who had feelings of indifference (from 10.7% to 17.1%). Immigration from Islamic countries seemed to be more problematic to the majority of Italians (55%): the specific problems were the intolerance of Muslims towards the Catholic religion (28%), the critical attitude towards Italian culture and traditions (25%) and the danger of terrorist attacks (17%). The majority of Italians saw the immigrants as an economic resource for companies (57%), useful in the assistance to the elderly (68.4%), mostly as honest people (51%), while illegal immigrants - felt to be increasing - represented a problem for the security of citizens (52%). The consensus for the concession of the Italian citizenship to the immigrants after five years of regular presence in Italy, subject to prior test on the actual knowledge of the Italian language, increased (59%). As regards immigrants, over 70% of the interviewed were satisfied with their job. For the remaining 30%, the main reasons for dissatisfaction were the low salaries and little security to continue being employed (both 46%), followed by the fact that the job was tough (37%) and without regular contract (34%). As many as 77% considered their stay in Italy positively, but those who were thinking to go back to their own country increased (from 22.4% to 26%). The majority (58%) was interested in applying for citizenship. Even a big share of the non-Muslim immigrants (44.5%) believed that immigration from Islamic countries posed more problems than that from other countries. Besides, almost 50% of the Christian immigrants and immigrants from other faiths were against the possibility for Muslims to build mosques in Italy: a much higher percentage than the one registered among Italians (31%). According to Islamic immigrants, the main problems for Muslims in Italy were the difficulty to respect their religious practices (40%), the risk of losing the values of their culture (30%), the difficulty to find appropriate food for their culture and tradition (28%) and the fact that in Italy there is too much freedom (22%). A total 23% of the Islamic immigrants stated, on the contrary, to like living in Italy. (ANSAmed).

 

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