https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Anti-Islam hate crimes jumped more than tenfold in Spain in 2015, a key Islamic federation said on Tuesday following a series of attacks on mosques. https://www.thelocal.es/20160413/hate-crime-against-muslims-rises-tenfold-in-spain Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:10:32 +0200 hate-crime-against-muslims-rises-tenfold-in-spain Anti-terrorism authorities in Catalonia are preparing guidelines to advise teachers in the northeastern region on how to identify potential jihadists in the classroom. https://www.thelocal.es/20160329/catalan-teachers-to-be-told-how-to-spot-a-jihadi Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:28:20 +0200 catalan-teachers-to-be-told-how-to-spot-a-jihadi A far-right group targeted a mosque in Madrid in a "protest" following the Brussels attacks, lighting flares and hanging a sign asking "Today Brussels, tomorrow Madrid?" https://www.thelocal.es/20160323/far-right-group-targets-madrid-mosque-after-brussels-attacks Wed, 23 Mar 2016 13:21:42 +0100 far-right-group-targets-madrid-mosque-after-brussels-attacks The Spanish city of Cordoba boasts that different faiths have long co-existed there, but locals are now squabbling over its star tourist attraction: a cathedral that was once a mosque. https://www.thelocal.es/20150206/row-rumbles-over-cordobas-mezquita Fri, 06 Feb 2015 09:54:00 +0100 row-rumbles-over-cordobas-mezquita Google has backtracked on a recent decision to alter the name of the Great Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba to 'Cordoba Cathedral' in its online map service after thousands of angry citizens started a petition on the campaign website Change.org. https://www.thelocal.es/20141126/google-maps-rediscovers-cordobas-mosque-spain-mezquita Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:20:00 +0100 google-maps-rediscovers-cordobas-mosque-spain-mezquita Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the ruling Emir of Qatar, has reportedly offered to invest €2.2 billion ($3 billion) over five years to convert Barcelona's Monumental bullring into a 40,000-capacity mosque which would be the biggest in Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20140624/qatar-to-build-22bn-barcelona-mega-mosque Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:49:00 +0200 qatar-to-build-22bn-barcelona-mega-mosque Spanish campaigners accuse the country's Catholic Church of trying to cover up the Islamic history of Cordoba Cathedral, a world heritage site that was originally a mosque. https://www.thelocal.es/20140313/church-slammed-over-spains-mosque-turned-cathedral Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:52:00 +0100 church-slammed-over-spains-mosque-turned-cathedral A web administrator who was handed Spain's first prison sentence for running a homepage inciting race hatred against Muslims could escape jail if he attends a human rights course. https://www.thelocal.es/20140305/a-judge-gives-first-conviction-for-islamophobia-in-catalunya Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:50:00 +0100 a-judge-gives-first-conviction-for-islamophobia-in-catalunya A Moroccan drug trafficker who disguised himself as an imam, or Islamic leader, while on the run from prison in Spain has been arrested in Palma de Mallorca. https://www.thelocal.es/20140115/imam-arrested-on-drugs-charges Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:29:13 +0100 imam-arrested-on-drugs-charges A judge in the Catalonian town of Lleida (Lérida) has ordered the city's town hall to hand over a licence to a brothel just two streets away from where Catalonia's supreme court banned the building of a mosque a year ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20130307/judges-okay-brothels-after-mosque-veto Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:15:00 +0100 judges-okay-brothels-after-mosque-veto