Islamic Commission of Spain ( es, Comisión Islámica de España) is the representative organ of
Islam
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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.
The Islamic Commission of Spain meets periodically with representatives of the Administration in the Mixed Paritary Commission; in addition to the conjunctural communications with the Ministry of the Presidency on legislative initiatives, and with the Main Directorate of Religious Affairs of the Ministry of Justice.
Presidents
First President (before General Secretary) of the Islamic Commission of Spain,
Riaj Tatary Bakry, died in April 2020.
The elected president in 2020 is Dr Aiman Adlbi.
Historical summary
In 1967 the first law allowing Muslims to organize themselves, after a gap of centuries, was promulgated in
Spain
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, leading to the establishment in 1968 of the first local Muslim Association in Spain in
Melilla
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, and in 1971, the first national association, the Association of Muslims in Spain (AME), which has its headquarters in Madrid.
Under the Spanish Constitution the Statutory Law of Religious Freedom is promulgated, now in force, and the
Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
The Union of Islamic Communities of Spain (UCIDE; es, 1=Unión de Comunidades Islámicas de España) is a religious organization with seat centered in Madrid. It is supported by Spanish Islamic religious communities. UCIDE is registered in the Re ...
was constituted (UCIDE), as well as the Spanish Federation of Islamic Religious Entities (FEERI), which together constitute the Islamic Commission of Spain (CIE), UCIDE is a member 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 Strasbou ...
(MCCE) in Brussels, which is a consultative body to the
European Union
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.
Representatives
Previous to the statutes of 2015, the direction of CIE was made up by the presidents of these two federations, UCIDE and FEERI. However, the current statute has two main representative bodies: the ''governing body'' (junta directiva) and the ''permanent committee'' (comisión permanente). The governing body comprises the president, the secretary, and the treasurer.
Permanent Committee:
* The permanent committee is made up of 25 members which are proportional to the number of religious communities. The federations and religious communities integrated in the CIE are the ones responsible for the assignment of the members.
See also
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Islam in Spain
Spain is a Christian majority country, with Islam being a minority religion, practised mostly by the immigrants and their descendants from Muslim majority countries. Due to the secular nature of the Spanish constitution, Muslims are free to pro ...
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Islamic Federation of the Canary Islands
The Islamic Federation of the Canary Islands (in Spanish: ''Federación Islámica de Canarias'') is a Muslim religious organization that brings together associations and Islamic religious communities around the Canary Islands. Its headquarters is ...
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Muslim Executive of Belgium
The Muslim Executive of Belgium ( nl, De Moslimexecutieve; french: L'Exécutif des musulmans de Belgique) is the official Muslim interlocutor of the Belgian federal government for the implementation of the July 19, 1974 law recognizing Islam as o ...
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Central Council of Muslims in Germany
The Central Council of Muslims in Germany (ZMD; german: Zentralrat der Muslime in Deutschland) is an Islamic organization in Germany. With 15,000 to 20,000 members, mainly Germans, German, German Arab, and Turks in Germany, German Turkish Musli ...
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French Council of the Muslim Faith
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (french: Conseil français du culte musulman, usually abbreviated to CFCM), is a national elected body, to serve as an official interlocutor with the French state in the regulation of Muslim religious activi ...
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Council on American-Islamic Relations
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Muslim Council of Britain
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) is a national umbrella body with over 500 mosques and educational and charitable associations affiliated to it. It includes national, regional, local, and specialist Muslim organisations and institutions from ...
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Muslim Council of Sweden
The Muslim Council of Sweden ( sv, Sveriges muslimska råd, SMR) is an umbrella organisation of Islamic organisations in Sweden. It was founded in 1990 by representatives of the United Islamic Parishes in Sweden ( sv, Förenade islamiska församl ...
References
External links
Islamic Commission of Spain (CIE)
Union of Islamic Communities of the Basque Country (UCIDPV)Union of Islamic Communities of Spain (UCIDE)
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1992 establishments in Spain
Islamic organisations based in Spain
Islamic organizations established in 1992