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REPORT: “ISLAMOPHOBIA IN SPAIN 2016” TO DOWNLOAD PDF FILE WITH FULL REPORT CLICK HERE. In 2016, the Citizens’ Platform against Islamophobia has collected 573 incidents of Islamophobia, distributed in the following percentages: 14.14% acts against women and 4.01% against children, 12.57% incidents against mosques, 5.41% against refugees, 6.63% against non-Muslims (In this regard, Islamophobic Hate Speech against Pope Francis has …

Researchers from Morocco and Spain debated this afternoon in Almeria about Islamophobia and its link with the so-called “jihadist” terrorism, a phenomenon about which, in the opinion of the managing director of the Three Cultures Foundation, José Manuel Cervera, “there is a lot of talk but little thought”. This was pointed out by Cervera during his speech at the inauguration …

Good afternoon, almost night to everyone. The first thing, as it could not be otherwise, is to thank you for your presence in this blessed place, a place that has an incomparable setting, one of the most beautiful in our country, and why not say it, and here comes my Granada vein, one of the most beautiful places in this …

Turkey is a country with a Muslim majority. Ninety-nine percent of the population, according to the International Religious Freedom study compiled by the US government. However, since 1923 and under the leadership of Kemal Ataturk, it is a secular republic and a rule of law. What is not publicized so much, is that this secularism has not been passive, but …

The oldest Muslim community in Seville still in existence was founded by an ex-Catholic in 1985. The group, made up of converts and their descendants, talks today about life as a Muslim in what was, until 1284, one of the largest capitals of the Islamic world. In the heart of the old town of Seville, the mix of cultures for …

Fredi Kanouté jokes that he has joined a rock band but none of the motley crew he is touring with claims to be a professional musician. Instead the former West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sevilla striker shares stages around the world with extraordinary characters such as Emi Mahmoud, a former Darfur refugee and Poetry Slam world champion, and Dr Rouba Mhaissen, …

ACTNews, JAKARTA – The world history obviously exposes how Islam in Andalusia, Spain, began to enter its golden age under the Umayyad Caliphate in the eighth century. Economic development, cultural works and science flourished, while renowned philosophers and scientists of Islam such as Ibn Sina and al-Khwarizmi also came into existence. For about three centuries, Andalusia emerged as a region with the …