Elections in the Islamic Commission of Spain (CIE) will hold elections concerning the consideration of five Muslim federations to join the CIE. The CIE is the highest organ of communication and representation of Muslims in the Spanish government. Currently, they include only two federations – the Union of Islamic Communities in Spain (UCIDE) and the…
MADRID – Nearly one hundred thousand students wish to receive classes on Islam, according to numbers issued by the Comision Islamica Espanola (CIE). According to a 1992 agreement with the Ministry of Education, instruction in the subject must be provided if at least a tenth of the students request it. To date, 28 teachers of…
The Islamic Community of Spain (CIE) rejected that Islam be taught in schools “with an exposition similar to the classes of catholicism.” According to the accepted leader of the Muslim community, Malik Ruiz, “the most appropriate system is not to give lectures of one or two hours of Islamic religion each week, since it is…
