Digital Islamic channel in Spain

The first Islamic digital TV channel in Spain is going to be launched next August, coinciding with the beginning of Ramadan. The channel is promoted and financed by the Saudi sheikh Abdelaziz Al Fawzan. It might be called “Cordoba” and its headquarters are to be in Andalusia, most likely in the city of Granada or…

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    Spain recognizes Morisco population

    The Spanish parliament will vote on an initiative to recognize the injustice done to the Moors expelled from the country 400 years ago. The non-legislative proposal asks the government to take action to strengthen economic, social and cultural ties to the descendants of the Moors expelled from Spanish territory in the seventeenth century. The proposal…

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    “Arab House” intuition publishes Spain’s first Muslim guide

    Spain has released a guide on the Muslim community in the country. The guide includes such data such as demographic information and information about mosques and/or places of worship. According to the guide, there are approximately 1.3 Muslims in Spain, with Moroccans, Algerians, Pakistanis, and Senegalese making up the majority. Previous estimates put the number…

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    Muslim leaders await approval for Islamic primary school plan in Granada

    Plans to open the first Islamic primary school in Spain are awaiting approval in Granada. The proposal would provide the province’s sizable Muslim population with the opportunity to give their children an Islamic education in Spain, where schools are secular by law, though religious education material focuses almost entirely on Catholicism. “We are not trying…

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      Muslim presence growing in Spain

      The Union of Muslim communities in Spain (UCIDE) claims that 1.13 million Spaniards (2.5% of the country’s residents) are Muslims, reports Vatican Radio. The largest group includes Moroccan immigrants, numbering approximately 565,000. There are also almost 35,000 native Spaniards who are converts to Islam. UCIDE is pushing for Islamic religion classes to be held in…

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