November 17, 2010 The celebration is a new official holiday in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. This is celebrated also in the rest of Spain, but not as an official holiday on the Spanish calendar. November 20, 2010 El Faro http://www.elfarodigital.es/ceuta/sociedad/26962-un-aid-el-kebir-en-dia-festivo-con-dos-rezos-presencia-politica-e-impacto-mediatico.html
September 10, 2010 Last Friday the Islamic communities of Spain celebrated the end of Ramadan. Usually, the local government let different public spaces for the main Islamic celebrations. In Lleida (Catalonia), for example, more than 3,000 Muslims met in a local sport hall. The media reported Islamic celebration at different locations as Zaragoza, Granada, Murcia…
Last Friday a confrontation took place between the two main Muslim groups of Ceuta. Each one of the groups arrived to the Friday prayer’s with their own imam. Finally, the Police had to intervene surrounding the building and trying to pacify the several groups of believers. The Muslim community of Ceuta is divided in two…
Fátima Hamed has been chosen as the second in command of the UDCE, an Islamic party in Ceuta. The president of the UCDE has declared that this decision was not motivated by the principles of gender equality but rather was the result of Fatima’s good work.
The Socialist Party (PSOE) and the Muslim Party (UCDE) of Ceuta have refused to go ahead with their proposed union. Both political groups were discussing the possibility of a union as an alternative to the current local right-wing dominated city government. The UCDE demanded, as a condition of the union, control of either the Local…
