The Major of Salt (Girona) has announced a municipal plenary debate to forbid the opening of new places of worship in the city. This measure could be motivated by a demonstration call for the next 27th of August by the xenophobe party “Plataforma per Catalunya” against a new mosque in Salt . The two…
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 Protestant and Muslim religious communities complain that their difficulties in maintaining their temples are growing. Town Councils are increasingly demanding more requirements for opening new temples, and are closing those that they consider that do not meet the minimum requirements. The fact that there is no specific legislation on places of worship increases the…
On Tuesday 5 the Spanish Minister of Justice presented the new Observatory of Religious Pluralism, a webpage for providing information about religious diversity in Spain. Its main objective is to promote a better public management of religious pluralism, based on a just application of the Spanish constitutional and legal framework in order to guarantee to…
The pro-Moroccan Rally of French Muslims (RMF) has won the regional elections of the CFCM (the French Council of Muslim Faith.) with a 62% majority. 3,631 delegates representing 700 mosques and places of worship participated. This new board will choose a new leader on 19 June 2011. Controversy has plagued the election process as many…
