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In 1934, after the creation of [[Italian Libya]], Mussolini adopted a policy for encouraging comparisons with Islam, calling the local population "Italian Muslims of the fourth shore of Italy", building or restoring mosques and Koranic schools, preparing service facilities for the pilgrims going to [[Mecca]] and even making a High School of Islamic Culture in Tripoli. Behind the apparent humanitarian intent, [[fascists]] and some sectors of the Islamic world were recognizing [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]] as common enemies and Mussolini wanted to exploit this to his advantage.<ref name=rapporti>{{cite web|url=http://www.arab.it/vari/fascismo.htm|title=I rapporti tra il fascismo e il mondo arabo-islamico|date=November 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Randazzo|2008|p=134}}</ref> These common interests were generated from the aversion to the agreements of the [[Treaty of Versailles]] of 1919, dominated by the [[United States]], France, and the United Kingdom, which had neither fully satisfied the requests brought forth by Italy, nor the requests from this part of the Islamic world.<ref name=rapporti/>
In order to earn the favor of the Arabs and to seal the alliance,
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