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This is a list of mosques in Spain. It lists Muslim mosques (Arabic: Masjid, Spanish: Mezquita) and Islamic centers in Spain. It lists only open, functioning mosques that allow Muslims to perform Islamic prayers . For a list of old historical mosques built during the Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) period, please see the list of former mosques in Spain.
Islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation.. However, in the modern contexts of Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries as well as secularised Muslim states like Turkey, and Bangladesh, the religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal sha
The Cooperation Agreement identifies mosques and cemeteries as Islamic worship places. In Spain, there are 13 big mosques in the cities of Madrid (2), Valencia (1), Córdoba (2), Granada (1), Ceuta (2), Melilla (2), Fuengirola (1), Marbella (1) and Málaga (1). [See: List of Mosques in Spain]. However, in practice, most common places of worship ...
Presbyter is the official name of the ministers commonly called 'priest'; persons ordained to the presbyterate. Presbyters are ordained as ministers of word and sacrament, most commonly assigned to serve as pastors of parishes or to assist in this ministry. Pastor, "parish priest"
The Basharat Mosque, the first mosque to be built in modern peninsular Spain. [47] The recent waves of immigration, especially during and after the 2000s, have led to a fast increasing number of Muslims. Nowadays, Islam is the second largest religion, but far behind Christianity (mostly Roman Catholicism) and irreligion.
The Islamic Federation of the Canary Islands is a member for registration via the Islamic Commission of Spain [5] and Union of Islamic Communities of Spain. [6] [7] At present, there are in the Canary Islands a figure of approximately 70,000 Muslims and 40 mosques and places of worship throughout the archipelago.
The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba [1] [2] (Spanish: Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba [meθˈkita kateˈðɾal de ˈkoɾðoβa]), officially known by its ecclesiastical name of Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción), [3] is the cathedral of the Diocese of Córdoba dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and located in the Spanish region of ...
The word 'mosque' entered the English language from the French word mosquée, probably derived from Italian moschea (a variant of Italian moscheta), from either Middle Armenian մզկիթ (mzkit), Medieval Greek: μασγίδιον (masgídion), or Spanish mezquita, from Arabic: مسجد, romanized: masjid (meaning "site of prostration (in prayer)" and hence a place of worship), either from ...