ABSTRACT
There are over one and a half million Muslims residing in Italy. This diverse Muslim community faces many challenges, including a lack of official recognition by the Italian government. The Islamic association Comunità Religiosa Islamica Italiana(Italian Islamic Religious Community, CO.RE. IS) has undertaken the task of establishing institutions addressing the importance of religious tolerance. Through building mosques, developing curricula, and providing training for imams in Italy, CO.RE.IS seeks to promote a united and moderate representation of Italian Islam. This chapter centres on the role of the CO.RE.IS in offering both imam-training courses and general courses on Islam since 1995.
