Spain

Spain: “Soon the Muslims will be the Kings of the World”
By June 21, 2013 Read More →

Spain: “Soon the Muslims will be the Kings of the World”

The arrests of several Muslim immigrants reflect the mounting challenge that radical Islam is posing for Spain.

Europe: Mosque Building Shifts into High Gear
By April 5, 2013 Read More →

Europe: Mosque Building Shifts into High Gear

From Belgium to Greece and Spain to Germany, 2013 is shaping up to be another banner year for the construction of mosques in Europe.

Spain Submits to “Adoption Jihad”
By February 20, 2013 Read More →

Spain Submits to “Adoption Jihad”

Spain has acceded to the demands of the Islamist government in Morocco by agreeing that Moroccan children adopted by Spanish families must remain culturally and religiously Muslim.

Spain: Ban Remains on Muslim Prayer in Cathedral
By February 14, 2013 Read More →

Spain: Ban Remains on Muslim Prayer in Cathedral

A court in southern Spain has acquitted eight Muslims who were accused of resorting to violence to break a ban on Muslim prayers in a cathedral in the city of Córdoba. The church was once the world’s second-biggest mosque and remains the single most powerful symbol of Islam in Spain.

Posted in: Islam in Europe, Spain, Spain
Spain Threatens to Deport Filmmaker for Anti-Islam Documentary
By December 17, 2012 Read More →

Spain Threatens to Deport Filmmaker for Anti-Islam Documentary

The Spanish government has warned a political refugee that he faces deportation for making a documentary that is critical of Islam.

Posted in: Islam in Europe, Spain, Spain
Spain: Al Qaeda Alive and Well
By August 15, 2012 Read More →

Spain: Al Qaeda Alive and Well

Three suspected al Qaeda terrorists who were arrested in Spain in early August were allegedly plotting an airborne attack on a shopping mall near Gibraltar, the British overseas territory on the southernmost tip of Spain.

Spain: Muslim Forced Marriage on the Increase
By August 14, 2012 Read More →

Spain: Muslim Forced Marriage on the Increase

Police in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia have intervened to prevent the forced marriage of a 13-year-old girl belonging to a Muslim immigrant family from Morocco. 

Posted in: Islam in Europe, Spain, Spain
Europeans Increasingly Converting to Islam
By January 27, 2012 Read More →

Europeans Increasingly Converting to Islam

Irish actor Liam Neeson says he is thinking about becoming a Muslim after undergoing a spiritual awakening in Turkey.

Posted in: Islam in Europe, Spain
Why Corruption Reigns in Spain
By July 13, 2011 Read More →

Why Corruption Reigns in Spain

Hardly a week goes by without news of another high-profile corruption scandal in Spain. Several theories seek to explain the phenomenon.

Europeans Are Major Force Behind Second Gaza Flotilla
By July 2, 2011 Read More →

Europeans Are Major Force Behind Second Gaza Flotilla

The Gaza Strip has become an obsession in Europe, where Socialists have joined arms with Islamists in a ‘Red-Green Alliance’ aimed at isolating and delegitimizing Israel.

A Socialist Debacle in Spain, But Uncertainty Reigns
By May 24, 2011 Read More →

A Socialist Debacle in Spain, But Uncertainty Reigns

Spain’s governing Socialist party suffered heavier-than-expected losses in local and regional elections on May 22. The party now faces pressure to call early general elections amid fears that increased political uncertainty in Spain will exacerbate Europe’s debt crisis.

Spain’s Socialist Utopia Mugged by Reality
By May 22, 2011 Read More →

Spain’s Socialist Utopia Mugged by Reality

Throngs of Spanish youth have gathered in more than 50 cities across Spain to protest skyrocketing unemployment, cutbacks to social welfare benefits and rampant corruption among Spain’s political elite.

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