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Padova, 22 Feb. (AKI) - The first Moroccan-born member of Italy's far-right Northern League party has complained that there are too many mosques in Italy.
Zakaria Najib is an Italian citizen who came to Italy when he was 20 years old. Now aged 50, he lives in the province of Padua in northern Italy.
He is now planning to run in Italy's general elections in April as a candidate for the Northern League, an anti-immigrant party that campaigns for autonomy for Italy's wealthy north.
Although a member of the Cadoneghe city council in the province of Padua between 1999 and 2003, two months ago he told a local newspaper that he had asked president Giorgio Napoletano to take away his Italian citizenship so he could be Moroccan again.
He said being a foreigner in Italy was better because they were "given homes and work, while I only have taxes and difficulties in paying the bills at the end of every month".
He criticised in particular the policies of leftist city administrations for helping immigrants and in particular Muslim immigrants.