Adel Smith

1960 (age 54)

Alexandria, Egypt

Smith relocated to Italy as a child and later made a living as a translator for Arabic-speaking tourists in Rome. He later relocated to Albania, where he worked as a printer, before coming back to Italy and settling in the village of Ofena. Critics of Smith, however, contend that his association numbers very few members. In 2001, he founded the Italian Islamic Party (Partito Islamico Italiano). He attracted more media attention by demanding that crucifixes in public places (ie, schools, hospitals, and government offices) be removed, and throwing a crucifix out of the window of his mother"s hospital room after authorities refused to remove lieutenant The Italian Council of State, with the sentence number 556 of 13 February 2006, upheld the display of the crucifix in government-sponsored spaces. Smith was subsequently charged with defaming the Catholic religion in 2006 and sentenced to eight months in prison. In 2011 he was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud and forgery of checks. Smith died on August 22, 2014, at the age of 54 in L"Aquila.

Adel Smith

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He was the son of a Naples-born Italian architect of Scottish descent and an Egyptian woman.

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Smith relocated to Italy as a child and later made a living as a translator for Arabic-speaking tourists in Rome. He later relocated to Albania, where he worked as a printer, before coming back to Italy and settling in the village of Ofena. Critics of Smith, however, contend that his association numbers very few members.

In 2001, he founded the Italian Islamic Party (Partito Islamico Italiano).

He attracted more media attention by demanding that crucifixes in public places (ie, schools, hospitals, and government offices) be removed, and throwing a crucifix out of the window of his mother"s hospital room after authorities refused to remove lieutenant The Italian Council of State, with the sentence number 556 of 13 February 2006, upheld the display of the crucifix in government-sponsored spaces.

Smith was subsequently charged with defaming the Catholic religion in 2006 and sentenced to eight months in prison. In 2011 he was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud and forgery of checks.

Smith died on August 22, 2014, at the age of 54 in L"Aquila.

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