THE Islamic Commission of Melilla (CIM) I’ve been warning for months Morocco -country that finances the Mosques of Melilla– that no imam of the mosques of the autonomous city knows how to speak Spanish. A warning that has already been given to Morocco and that he Moroccan government continues to ignore it despite the warning from the Muslim entity.
THE ICMIn fact, all the magnets must be Melilla know the Spanish language, Spanish culture and the most important points of the Constitution that governs the country in which the courses will be taught. jutbas and preach religion. They also consider it essential to know the society of the city in which they live.
Representatives in the cultural field of ICM confirmed to Ceuta Lighthouse that the Islamic Commission of Melilla has already sent a complete program to the Moroccan Ministry of Religious Affairs, which could possibly be transmitted to the Interior, so that the magnetsat least with regard to the city in which they are established and represent, know SpanishTHE jutbas either sermons are given in Spanish, know the fundamental points of Constitution of 78 and know the organic society of the city in which they teach the said khutbas, which in this case would be Melilla. According to the CIM, no response was received from Morocco for several months neither for nor against his proposal.
The entity affirms that the situation in Melilla “It’s crucial,” because there are no imams in the city who know how to speak Spanish. In fact, as El Faro de Ceuta explains, only the imam who runs the Barrio del Real mosque knows our language, who enrolled in ESO alone by successfully completing primary education. “Others feel very good speaking Tamazigh – one of the Moroccan languages – and giving their khutbas in Tamazigh and interacting only with Amazigh citizens.”
THE ICM explained to the aforementioned media that “purely academic sermons can be given on the Islamic dogmabut they will always be sermons from the book, however, we must know the messages, interpret them and filter them through the society that will receive them and this is precisely where we fail.
THE Islamic Commission of Melilla led to this problem Moroccan Ministry of Religious Affairssince they expected them to send it back to Moroccan Ministry of the Interior to obtain final approval and acceptance of your program. However, this issue, which for the CIM is of “vital importance” and practically a priority over the rest of the programmatic issues of its entity, “has been ignored by the central government until now”.
Morocco finances Islam
He Kingdom of Morocco provides financial support to mosques and imams in the cities of Ceuta And Melilla. According to recent data published by Moroccan media, the Kingdom of Morocco supports the expenses of 51 mosques and pays the salaries of 153 imams and Muslim clerics who carry out their religious work in these cities.
More precisely, in Ceuta The Moroccan Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs covers the costs of 34 mosques and the salaries of 95 imams and religious guides. While in Melilla They take care of 17 mosques and the salaries of 58 imams.
