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 located in the town of Los Cristianos, in the municipality of Arona south of the island of Tenerife (Spain).
History The Islamic Federation of the Canary Islands was established in 2015 in analogous manner to those in other regions of Spain. To this end they worked different associations and Muslim communities around the archipelago and the municipalities of Adeje and Arona.Los musulmanes de la Isla constituyen la primera Federación Islámica de Canarias With Tijani Mimoun El Bouji being president“Hay niños que preguntan en el colegio a los musulmanes si van a poner bombas” of the Federation and the spokesman being Abdssamad Mohamed.
This organization was created with the primary objective of providing advice to the Canary Islamic communities and facilitate their integration. The Islamic Federation of the Canary Islands is a member for registration via the Islamic Commission of SpainMiembros de la Comisión Islámica de España and Union of Islamic Communities of Spain.Observatorio del Pluralismo Religioso. Gobierno de EspañaEstudio de la población musulmana en España
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.
Presidents of the Federation Tijani Mimoun Bouji (2015–2021) Hamed Allal Hamed (2021-current)Hamed Allal Hamed, presidente de la Federación Islámica de Canarias pide a las autoridades competentes un lugar para poder enterrar a los musulmanes fallecidos
Controversies In 2017, during the controversy unleashed at the Carnival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria due to the performance of the Drag Queen Sethlas, disguised as Virgin Mary and with a scene that presented the Crucifixion of Christ and that was the winner of the contest, the President of the Islamic Federation of the Canary Islands, Tijani Mimoun El Bouji, spoke out against the show, which he considered "blasphemous".La Federación Islámica apunta: "Los musulmanes no aguantarían un ataque como el de Drag Sethlas The same year, some media in the archipelago linked the Islamic Federation of the Canary Islands with the Moroccan Salafist movement Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane,Interior 'acecha' la radicalización de los musulmanes en CanariasEl presidente de la Federación Islámica canaria se desvincula de Justicia y Caridad alluding that the latter was trying to influence the Muslim community of the archipelago through the Islamic Federation of Canary Islands. However, Tijani El Bouji, president of the Federation, denied this link. In 2021, the president of the Islamic Federation, Tijani El Bouji, was tried for a crime of incitement to hatred for uploading numerous publications against Israel and the Jewish people to a social network in relation to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war,El líder de la Federación Islámica de Canarias será juzgado por mensajes antisemitas and would eventually be acquitted.Absuelto el exlíder de la Federación Islámica por mensajes de odio a Israel
See also Islamic Commission of Spain Islam in Spain
References
External links Official Website