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Italy's Muslims can have more mosques as long as they are used as places of worship, said a senior Vatican official on Thursday. "The place of worship must have its own cultural and spiritual identity, as well as its own religious identity which is a fundamental element, and must not acquire any other identity," said Monsignor Gianfranco Ravasi, Vatican Cultural Council chief.
Speaking after the arrest of two terror suspects in the northern Italian city of Milan, Ravasi made the remarks at a conference on interreligious dialogue at the Vatican.