The Union of Islamic Cultural Centers of Catalonia (UCCIC)-currently coordinates some 70 mosques and oratories of Catalonia, and the NousCatalans Foundation/CDC have agreed, “to facilitate the granting of licenses to build a large mosque in Barcelona to fight and isolate the fundamentalist movement that spread in small oratories.” The agreements also provides for” improving the…
04/04/2012 The Federation of Islamic Council of Catalonia Cultural asked all Catalan municipalities to enable the Muslim prayers outside the mosque, where they did on 1st of April a special prayer to invoke the rain (Salat Istiska) in this community. For this reason, the Islamic council has asked all municipalities in Catalonia “to facilitate religious…
July, 26/2011 The new Catalan government has announced the modification of the Law of places of worship. This reform eliminates the obligation for the city councils to set aside spaces for a religious use. The Catalan nationalist right party (CiU), now in charge of the government, always has showed their objections to the obligatory reserve…
The Spanish Parliament has rejected a motion to ban the burqa and niqab in public places. The motion was presented by the right-wing party (Partido Popular), with the support of CIU (Convergencia i Unió), a Catalan, right-wing, nationalist party.
Mailing Address: Universitat Autònoma de Barelona. Departament de Sociologia. Edifici B, 08193. Bellaterra (Barcelona) B3 117-1 Phone: (+34) 93.581.24.17 Email: gloria.garciaromeral(arroba)uab.cat Area of Expertise: Sociology of religion Narrative Bio: Gloria received her degree in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Granada in 2004. Currently, she is PhD candidate at the Autonomous University of…
