Popular Party and Commission for Melilla exchanged hard accusations during the campaign for local and regional elections.

The right wing party (Partido Popular) and the Commission for Melilla (Comisión por Melilla) attempted to discredit the political adversary with several accusations days before the local and regional elections tooks place. Popular Party members accused the Muslim leader of CoM, Mostafa Aberchán, for his religious fanaticism and for having a message of religious “rupture”….

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Muslims in Spain celebrate Aid Al Kabir

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

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    Melilla holds activities celebrating birth of Mohammed

    For the first time the autonomic city of Melilla will witness the celebration of the Mulud, the birth of the Prophet. The activities comprise the reading of the Koran, a lecture on the life of the Prophet and a concert by the Moroccan religious group “El Soufi”. The activities are sponsored by the Instituto de…

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    Controversial and contested elections to Islamic Commission of Melilla

    The Islamic Commission of Melilla (CIM) is made up of four different Islamic entities in the city. On 8th January the Muslim population of the city was called to vote in the election for the president of the CIM. Controversy has surrounded the process. One of the Muslim associations that comprises the CIM has denounced…

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      Human rights NGO speaks out against racist graffiti on Melilla mosques

      The Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ADPH) presented a formal complaint against the authors of racist graffiti at two mosques in Melilla. The association considers the act, which occurred on December 6, as an attack on free religious expression.

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