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| 70% of spanish inmates muslim |
| 2008-06-14 |
| Old article from a muslim website. Muslims serving jail sentences in Spanish jails will now be allowed to say their prayers in congregation, provided at least ten of them expressed their wish to do so. The aim of the new ruling is to bring about equality of treatment between Muslim prisoners and Catholic interns in their religious rights. The largest Islamic organization in the country, the Islamic Committee of Spain, has welcomed this initiative, taking into account that 70 percent of those in Spanish jails are Muslims, who number around 54,000. Last Ramadhan a number of Spanish jails changed their meal times to conform to the Ramadhan meal times of their Muslim inmates, and provided them with prayer areas within the prisons. But in those prisoners where such arrangements were not made, there were protests. Spain with its 40-million population, which is 94 percent Catholic, has a Muslim community of around 600,000. 1 out of 12 or so being in jail, compared to 1 out of 167 or so according to my junior high school mathematical abilities, nice. |
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| Posted by: Hellfish 2008-06-14 18:35 |
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