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Génesis y resolución de conflictos relacionados con la instalación de mezquitas y oratorios: el caso del oratorio de Singuerlín (Santa Coloma de Gram…

2017

Durante los últimos años, se han sucedido, en diferentes territorios del Estado español, los conflictos relacionados con la instalación de mezquitas y oratorios destinados a la práctica del culto musulmán. Este artículo analiza uno de los conflictos más intensos, el desatado en 2004 ante el intento de apertura del oratorio del barrio de Singuerlín en Santa Coloma de Gramenet. Se estudia su raíz, su evolución y el papel que jugó la mediación intercultural en su gestión. A partir de las entrevistas en profundidad efectuadas con los actores implicados, varios años después, se analizan los elementos estructurales del conflicto y se plantea una reflexión acerca de la forma en la que se ha ido co…

Cultural StudiesmezquitasSanta Coloma de Gramenetmedia_common.quotation_subjectImmigrationReligious diversitymediación interculturallcsh:Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migrationMuslim communityPublic policygestión de conflictosislamofobiaPolitical scienceMediationlcsh:JV1-9480EthnologyNeighbourhood (mathematics)CultDemographymedia_commonMigraciones
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Conclusion: Hospitality in the New Millennium

2017

The main thesis held here is that Western civilization has subscribed to a medical / surgical metaphor, which consists in extirpating the affected part to save the body. If this is applied in the case of terrorism, the Muslim community runs serious risk of being demonized and martyrized in the name of security.

EngineeringHospitalitybusiness.industryMetaphormedia_common.quotation_subjectTerrorismMedia studiesMuslim communityEngineering ethicsWestern culturebusinessmedia_common
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Politics of Humanitarianism: The Ahmadiyya and the Provision of Social Welfare

2020

Ahmadi Muslims have combined local contributions and financial support from overseas to support various development projects since the 1920s when they started their mission activities in West Africa. The chapter outlines contemporary social welfare activities of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Humanitarian aid provided by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and its NGO Humanity First is one of the issues favouring public recognition as well as interreligious dialogue to which the Ahmadis are equally strongly committed. Most of the donations for Humanity First come from members of the Ahmadiyya community, as zakat or sadaqa donations. Public recognition is particularly i…

Humanitarian aidbusiness.industrymedia_common.quotation_subjectMuslim communityIslamSocial WelfareWest africaPoliticsState (polity)Political sciencePolitical economyHumanitybusinessmedia_common
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