EXCLUSIVE - 'She can do better': Amal Alamuddin's mother 'is unimpressed with George Clooney and wants daughter to marry within their strict Lebanese religious sect' 
 
 Baria Alamuddin has been 'telling half of Beirut' that she wanted daughter to marry within the Druze sect 
 
 Druze is a medieval offshoot of Islam and followers are forbidden to marry outsiders 
 
 A family friend told MailOnline: She believes that Amal can do better' 
 
 However, as pictures today appeared of Baria strolling in Italian sunshine with star's mom Nina Clooney, it seems she has been won over 
 
 
 
 By Hannah Roberts In Italy and Sara Nathan 
 
 Most mothers would be shouting from the rooftops if their daughter snagged George Clooney. 
 
 But the mom of Clooney's fiancée, Amal Alamuddin, is not so impressed with her daughter’s choice - and instead wanted her to marry within their strict Lebanese religious sect, according to close family friends. 
 
 
 
 High-profile human-rights lawyer Amal, 37, was born in Beirut to a prominent and highly respected family within the Druze sect, a medieval offshoot of Islam, who are forbidden to marry outsiders. For traditional Druze families intermarriage results in excommunication and social boycott. 
 
 However, as pictures of Baria appeared today with her arms around the Oscar winner's mom, Nina Clooney, as they strolled in the Italian sunshine - it would appear that she has been won over. 
 
 
 
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 It's all in the genes: Stunning Amal Alamuddin is seen with her mom, Baria Alamuddin at Milan Airport after the pair visited George Clooney's Lake Como retreat last month 
 
 Fled: Baria and Ramzi Alamuddin fled war-torn Beirut with their young daughter Amal and moved to the UK. Baria now lives in Buckinghamshire, UK, while Ramzi moved back to Lebanon in 1991 
 
 Bonding: The mothers of George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin enjoy time together in Lake Como - despite sources close to the Alamuddin family saying Baria Alamamuddin had her reservations 
 
 Pals: Baria and Nina Bruce looked like they were getting along well during the family trip in Italy 
 
 
 
 And a Lebanese friend of the family in London, where Amal was raised and Baria still lives, told MailOnline: ‘You would think Amal has hit the jackpot with George Clooney, but Baria is not happy. 
 
 
 
 'She thinks Amal can do better. She has been telling half of Beirut, in fact anyone that will listen, there are five hundred thousand Druze. Are none of them good enough for her?'. 
 
 There can be harsh penalties for those Druze who marry outsiders. Several women have been murdered for disobeying the rules. Last year a Sunni Muslim man had his penis severed by the male relatives of a Druze woman who defied her family by marrying him. 
 
 The friend added: ‘There have a been a few jokes in the family about the same thing happening to George!' 
 
 Druze make up around five per cent of Lebanon and number about a million worldwide, a community that is gradually shrinking as you cannot convert to be a Druze - and are only considered a member of the religion only if both your parents are Druze. 
 
 Those who marry outside the religion are cast out of the community and not allowed to return. Druze sheikhs will cut them off and refuse to pray over their grave when they die. 
 
 
 
 If George and Amal have children she will be unable to pass on her religion to them. 
 
 Their wedding, thought to be taking place near Lake Como on September 12 will not be a Druze wedding and Druze sheiks will not officiate, as Amal will be considered to be leaving the community and taking on the traditions of her husband, the source explained. 
 
 
 
 A civil wedding may offer a loophole in that she may be allowed to keep her religion. 
 
 
 
 The Alamuddin are a feudal aristocratic family that trace their roots back to the 14th century. The family still owns vast landsand and their ancestral home is one of the grandest in the mountain village of Ba’qalien, where Amal's father, Ramzi was born and raised. 
 
 Still, Baria flew to Clooney's Italian villa on Lake Como over the weekend of June 21 and 22, where according to People, Clooney, 53, put on the charm and the visit was a success. 
 
 'They were outside, and Amal and her mom were smiling.It was going pretty great,' a source said. 
 
 'Amal's mom left the next day, and at the airport they just looked so happy.' 
 
 Amal, whose clients include under-fire Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, was then seen accompanying her mother to Milan airport on Monday, June 23. 
 
 
 
 Family affair: George Clooney stepped out to dinner with his fiance Amal Alamuddin and parents Nick and Nina on Wednesday in Lake Como, Italy 
 
 A nice night out: The movie star's family and friends joined the happy couple for dinner 
 
 Satisfied customer: The 53-year-old looked to have enjoyed the evening out 
 
 Just a day later, Clooney's parents Nick and Nina Clooney arrived at Lake Como from their home in Kentucky to help with wedding plans - missing Baria. 
 
 Wearing a dapper dark toned suit and matching shirt (sans tie), the Ocean's Eleven actor sported black leather dress shoes as he enjoyed the night out with his loved ones. 
 
 
 
 George’s mother Nina, a former beauty queen and councilwoman, and former anchorman and game show host father Nick, were spotted visiting the luxurious Hotel Bellagio. 
 
 
 
 They couldn’t have looked more pleased for the Oscar winner as they giggled away on a boat ride to the resort. 
 
 Clooney and Amal are believed to have checked out Hotel Villa D’Este at Cernobbio, which is famous for organizing high-profile weddings, and enjoyed a romantic dinner there. 
 
 
 
 But the Gravity star may well tie the knot with Amal at his own home. 
 
 Laws have been put in place by the Lake Como mayor to guarantee George’s privacy at his $42 million mansion, and are in operation 24 hours a day until September 30. 
 
 Pedestrians are banned from stopping on the road outside the 30-bedroom property, while anyone caught swimming within 100 metres of it will be fined up to £770. 
 
 Nina has previously expressed her fondness for her future daughter-in-law, who she has met several times, telling MailOnline: ‘You can say I’m extremely happy. Amal’s a lovely girl. I like her very much.’ 
 
 Planning: Clooney's aunt Starla Clooney told how his parents were flying to Italy to help their Oscar winner son plan his September wedding 
 
 Nick, who turned 80 this year, will be celebrating his 55th wedding anniversary with Nina, 74, in August. 
 
 Striking Amal was just two when she moved from Beirut to London at the time of the civil war. 
 
 
 
 The brunette, who is now a British citizen, was brought up by her mother Baria and father Ramzi, who moved back to 
 
 
 
 Baria, 66, is the foreign editor of Al Hayat, a widely-read Arab newspaper, and has made numerous appearances as an analyst on Middle Eastern affairs on CNN and Al-Jazeera as well as CNBC, the BBC and Sky News in the UK. 
 
 Her beauty was said to be so striking that she has been said to resemble Elizabeth Taylor - while the poet Said Aki praised her 'Greek' beauty in poem. 
 
 She has interviewed numerous heads of state including King Hamad Bin Issa Alkhalifa, President Hosni Moubarak, King Hussain of Jordan, Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President Fidel Castro - and was the last journalist to talk to Indira Gandhi before she died. 
 
 Not long now: George Clooney will marry Amal Alamuddin in Italy in September.The pair are pictured together in Malibu in May 
 
 She once said: 'I speak on behalf of moderate Muslims who are being cast aside in this war against terrorism.' 
 
 And it would seem that Amal comes from good stock as her grandmother was the first woman graduate of the American University in Beirut. 
 
 It is believed that Baria and Ramzi fled Lebanon at the time of the civil war, however, Ramzi moved back in 1991. 
 
 Ramzi was formerly a university professor and is the ex-vice president of the American University of Beirut. ||||| These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites. ||||| George Clooney says a recent 'Daily Mail' story about his fiancee's mother is "at the very least negligent and very possibly dangerous." (Photo: Jason LaVeris, FilmMagic) 
 
 I want to speak to the irresponsibility of Monday's Daily Mail report. I seldom respond to tabloids, unless it involves someone else and their safety or well being. The Daily Mail has printed a completely fabricated story about my fiancée's mother opposing our marriage for religious reasons. It says Amal's mother has been telling "half of Beirut" that she's against the wedding. It says they joke about traditions in the Druze religion that end up with the death of the bride. 
 
 Let me repeat that: the death of the bride. 
 
 STORY: George Clooney slams story of mother-in-law rift 
 
 First of all, none of the story is factually true. Amal's mother is not Druze. She has not been to Beirut since Amal and I have been dating, and she is in no way against the marriage — but none of that is the issue. I'm, of course, used to the Daily Mail making up stories — they do it several times a week — and I don't care. If they fabricate stories of Amal being pregnant, or that the marriage will take place on the set of Downton Abbey, or that I'm running for office, or any number of idiotic stories that they sit at their computers and invent, I don't care. 
 
 But this lie involves larger issues. The irresponsibility, in this day and age, to exploit religious differences where none exist, is at the very least negligent and more appropriately dangerous. We have family members all over the world, and the idea that someone would inflame any part of that world for the sole reason of selling papers should be criminal. 
 
 I'm the son of a newsman; I accept the idea that freedom of speech can be an inconvenience to my private life from time to time, but this story, like so many others, is picked up by hundreds of other outlets citing the Daily Mail as their source, including Boston.com, New York Daily News, Gulf News, Emirates 24/7 and so on. 
 
 The Daily Mail, more than any other organization that calls itself news, has proved time and time again that facts make no difference in the articles they make up. And when they put my family and my friends in harm's way, they cross far beyond just a laughable tabloid and into the arena of inciting violence. 
 
 They must be so very proud. 
 
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 After the actor penned a ferocious op-ed decrying a recent Daily Mail article about his fiancee's family, the tabloid—long famous for its no-holds-barred approach to the news—found that it had met its match. 
 
 The Mail yanked the story from its website and issued an abject apology to Clooney. 
 
 The piece claimed that the mother of Amal Alamuddin was unhappy with her forthcoming marriage to Clooney for a variety of religious reasons. Writing in USA Today, Clooney said that "none of the story is factually true" and that the Mail had "[crossed] far beyond just a laughable tabloid and into the arena of inciting violence." 
 
 The paper then issued a statement saying that it had launched a "full investigation" into the matter. 
 
 "We accept Mr Clooney's assurance that the story is inaccurate and we apologize to him, Miss Amal Alamuddin and her mother, Baria, for any distress caused," the paper said.
– The Daily Mail: so bad that George Clooney is actually responding to one of its articles. The story—which has since been taken down but is still excerpted on other sites including the New York Daily News—claimed that the mother of Clooney fiancée Amal Alamuddin objected to the engagement since Clooney is not Druze. First things first—it's not true; Clooney's future mother-in-law isn't even Druze, Clooney writes in a response via USA Today. But more importantly, the article is dangerous: "It says they joke about traditions in the Druze religion that end up with the death of the bride," Clooney writes. "Let me repeat that: the death of the bride." "I'm, of course, used to the Daily Mail making up stories—they do it several times a week," Clooney writes, and he doesn't usually care. "But this lie involves larger issues. The irresponsibility, in this day and age, to exploit religious differences where none exist, is at the very least negligent and more appropriately dangerous. ... The idea that someone would inflame any part of [the] world for the sole reason of selling papers should be criminal." The Mail, he notes, has never seemed to care whether its stories are actually true. But "when they put my family and my friends in harm's way, they cross far beyond just a laughable tabloid and into the arena of inciting violence." The Mail has now apologized, the Huffington Post reports, and it says a "full investigation" has been launched.