The president of the Union of Italian Islamic Communities is taking advantage of Labour Day to call for the two main Muslim holidays to be added to the work calendar and for companies to grant 40 minutes every Friday for the Islamic midday prayer.
Muslim pregnant women test positive for diabetes during Ramadan. The solution proposed by scientists is not to look.
The Sant Andreu District is fully committed to Ramadan 2026. It has created a programme of talks, lantern workshops, meals and gatherings, with space for prayer in a public facility.
The religious gathering for Ramadan in Lleida is presented as an "act of coexistence". It includes a lecture entitled «Ramadan in Spain: Memory, Identity and Belonging», given by Aicha Fernández.
A commander says that the Ramadan lights are not a tradition, but they put them up at the entrance to the headquarters to serve an educational purpose.
Guardiola defends stopping matches for religious reasons and snaps: «Show respect for religions. We live in a modern world.”
Around 150 UAB students pray in classrooms and have a €10,000 meal funded with public money through the Catalan Institute for Peace.
The training of Islamic nutritionist Hadia Bakkali at the CUAP in Sant Andreu includes guidelines for observing the fast in people with medical conditions and pregnant women, even though it can involve up to 14 hours without hydration.
The document recommends avoiding activities such as music or dance during Ramadan to accommodate the more radical versions of Islam. It makes no provision for family or community pressures.
A letter from the school to the parents describes the child's refusal to take part in a Ramadan-related activity as ’racial harassment«. It will be noted on their file.
