8 January 2013 Muslim women’s charity Amina, based in Scotland is to launch a campaign to tackle domestic violence in the Muslim community. There has been a widespread misconception among the certain sections of the Muslim community that Islam warrants husbands to beat up their wives. The group however, is planning to use...
Read more →10 January 2013 Tarragona City Council will make a priority to transfer the new centers of worship into the outskirts of the city. This was confirmed by Councilman of Urbanisme Carles Castillo who argued that the will of the local executive is “to not disturb the neighbors.” Therefore, he said the first option is...
Read more →17 December 2012 Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which is an umbrella organization that represents 500 mosques across the UK, has strongly criticized the new government initiative to pass a law which would allow gay marriages to take place in religious establishments. According to the law however it is illegal for the Church...
Read more →Catalonia is the region with more mosques in Spain, according to the Observatory of Religious Pluralism in Spain, under the Ministry of Justice. The Principality has 242 mosques in comparison with other communities like Andalucia (180) or Madrid (106). Overall, there are 1,200 mosques officially registered in Spain. Of the 242 Muslim places of...
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