Rome halts mosque conversion plan
By David Willey BBC News, Rome
Wednesday, 22 August 2007

Rome says it has many applications for religious centresAuthorities in Rome have refused to allow a building next to a Catholic church to be converted into a mosque.

The planned mosque, in a densely populated and multi-ethnic quarter in the centre of the Italian capital, was supposed to open next month.

Municipal police said the community of Bengali Muslims who were carrying out the building works did not have the necessary permit. the rest