Chiara Appendino, Mayor of Turin, Italy on the Turin Islamic Economic Forum

In Turin, we started to have this event, TIEF, which is the Turin Islamic Economic Forum, where we help out relations and economic opportunities such as halal shops that are opening in Turin. We'd like to have an Islamic bank in Turin because we have this community, an important Muslim community that does not have access to financial instruments for example to buy a house. So, we have, it's a matter of creating social and cultural bridges but also to creating economic opportunities such as shops and banks and so this is the matter.

I'm very proud of the fact that Turin was the first city in Italy to start with this forum and to believe in Islamic finance and to believe in bridging among the two communities. I'm very proud of our Muslim community that we have in Turin, they are wonderful. And they are part of the city.

That's one of the things, one of the reasons for which we started with the TIEF when I was talking about not economic opportunities, not only. And so, we have halal that is getting more important in this city. So, to have an offer. And Turin has a lot to offer because we have a wonderful place, wonderful museums and many people know it because [00:03:11] now we have also Cristiano Ronaldo. So, I hope many people come and visit and they'll find an offer that suits their own values and their own personal way of living the city.