The Union of Islamic Communities of Spain (UCIDE; ) is a religious organization with seat centered in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
. It is supported by Spanish Islamic religious communities. UCIDE is registered in the Registry of Religious Entities at the Spanish Ministry of Presidency and has a cooperation agreement in force with the
Community of Madrid
The Community of Madrid (; ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities and 50 provinces of Spain, provinces of Spain. It is located at the heart of the Iberian Peninsula and Meseta Central, Central Plateau (); its capital and largest munici ...
.
Its purpose is the development of
Islam
Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
ic religious activities.
Under an agreement signed with the
University of Valencia
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was established the Chair for the Three Religions for the research, teaching and information about Islam, Judaism and Christianity.
It is a co-founder of the
Islamic Commission of Spain
Islamic Commission of Spain () is the representative organ of Islam and Muslims before the citizenship and the Administration for the representation, negotiation, signature, and follow-up on the Islam - State agreements adopted in Law 26/1992. Th ...
(CIE), representative at the Spanish State, and of the
Muslim Council for Cooperation in Europe
The Muslim Council for Cooperation in Europe (MCCE) is a representative body of European citizens of Muslim faith before the EU administration for advice, representation and intra-European collaboration.
Historical background
In 1996, in Strasbo ...
(CMCE), representative organ at the
European Union
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. After death of
Riaj Tatary, the elected president is Dr Aiman Adlbi, who is part of the Advisory Commission on Religious Freedom.
History
In the 1960s groups of
Muslim
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university students created student associations and cultural centers, evolving into the "Muslim Students Union of Spain". In 1967, Spain enacted the first law allowing Muslims to organize for religious purposes, becoming in 1968 the nationwide "Muslim Association of Spain" with its central seat in Madrid. It was registered in 1971. They actively contributed to the preparation of the
Spanish Constitution
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The current version was a ...
of 1978 and the Statutory Law on Religious Freedom of 1980. In the same year the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain emerged, with registration in 1991.
In 1989 the "declaration of notorious rooting" of Islam in Spain, was developed, prior to the negotiation and signing the "Cooperation Agreement" between the Spanish State and the "Islamic Commission of Spain", which was established for this purpose with another federation in 1992.
The Economic Convention about teachers of Islamic religious education in schools and the curriculum of the courses to study was approved and published by early 1996 to edit later the religion textbooks Discover Islam for Primary. That same year it created in Strasbourg the "Muslim Council for Cooperation in Europe" (CMCE), with UCIDE as a founding member.
In 2006, the inclusion at the Social Security system for
imams
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and the regulation of prison religious assistants was achieved. The Union of Islamic Communities of Spain has collaboration agreements with
Al-Azhar University
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in Cairo and the
, which participates in joint projects with the Spanish State's Foundation for Pluralism and Coexistence.
Representatives
After the 2020 elections UCIDE representatives include:
* President: Dr. Aiman Adlbi.
* Vice-president: Mr. Laarbi Allal Maateis, also president of the UCIDE in
Ceuta
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.
The Union is headquartered at the offices of the Muslim Association of Spain as well as the Islamic Community of Madrid,
Abu-Bakr Mosque (Madrid).
UCIDE also adopts the regional organization of the State, coordinated from its regional offices with their elected representatives.
See also
*
Islam in Spain
Spain is a Christian majority country, with Islam being a minority religion, practised mostly by immigrants from List of countries by Muslim population, Muslim majority countries, and their descendants.
Islam was a major religion on the Al-An ...
References
External links
*{{Official site, http://ucide.org/
1981 establishments in Spain
Islamic organisations based in Spain
Islamic organizations established in 1981