UCIDCE recognizes the presence of takfiris in Ceuta

14 April 2013 The president of the Union of Islamic Communities in Ceuta (UCIDCE), the organization that brings together more than 90 percent of the fifty Muslim entities legally registered as such in Ceuta, Laarbi Maateis, acknowledged the presence in the autonomous city of ” five or six “militants of the radical group Takfir Wal…

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“If they get to the European courts they will rule in favor of the girl”

03April 2013 The president of the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain (UCIDE) Riay Tatary, said that the High Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM) rule about the Camilo Jose Cela de Pozuelo de Alarcón school’s decision to prohibit a Muslim student, Najwa Malha, from wearing a headscarf in class,  will be dismissed in the…

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Spanish Muslims wish that Pope Francis I, will keep the interfaith dialogue

16 March 2013   The President of the Islamic Communities of Spain, Riay Tatary, expects the new Pope to maintain an open dialogue profile and have a spirit of approchement towards others, not only to Catholics, but to all the great religions that “follow a same god. ” Riay Tatary, expressed hope that the new…

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Declaration of the Tatary Riay about the burqa

28 February 2013 The president of the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain (UCIDE) Tatary Riay told Efe, that in his opinion it is not necessary to prohibit the use of these garments because that way “it scares people” and encourages an “hostile “posture toward Muslim women. Therefore he was satisfied with the Supreme Court…

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Demographic study of the Muslim population in Spain

17 February 2013 In terms of national origin, the two main Muslim groups in Spain are the Spanish and the Moroccan, adding now the growing Pakistani group (a majority in some towns like Barcelona and Valencia); being the rest divided among different nationalities considered in the census made by the Observatorio Andalusi and the Union…

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