Catalan children travel to Gambia to study the Qur’an

January 22, 2014   Hundreds of Catalan children travel each year to Gambia to study the Koran and Arabic. These children between 7 and 17 years old may be between six months to five years in madrasas (Islamic schools). The goal is for their children to maintain the traditions and religious and cultural ties to the home community.

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Catalonian police controls women with burqas

27 August 2013 Catalonian police has now to control all women wearing burqas. “The Catalan police is convinced that the existence of a woman covered with a niqab or a burka can be indicative, along with other elements, of an environment of radicalization or of a Salafi vision of Islam”, say the government sources. The

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Moroccan Imams get together in Terrassa before the Ramadan

09 July 2013   A number of imams coming from Morocco landed at El Prat airport on Monday night to lead the prayers of the Catalan Islamic community during Ramadan. They were presented at the Grand Mosque in Terrassa, the largest in the country. The presence of foreign Imams is normal for this time of

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CiU (Catalan Parlamentary Group) demands an urgent solution to the L’Hospitalet Mosque.

9 October 2012   The CiU (Catalan Parlamentary Group) has demanded “urgent and definitive” measures for the mosque that operates provisionally at Fortuna Street, in the city of L’Hospitalet, as reported in a statement. The mosque operates in a temporary tent and, according to the nationalist federation is “not ready or qualifies to accommodate the

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Iftar journey organized by the Terrassa Community

28 July 12 On Friday, July 17, 2012 at Badr mosque, the Muslim Community of Terrassa hosted an Iftar, attended by representatives of various organizations in the city, representatives of some political parties, administration and Catalan police.

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