Law approving the State's cooperation agreement with Spain's Muslims

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1. The law approves the Cooperation Agreement signed on April 28, 1992 between the Ministry of Justice and the Islamic Commission of Spain, which governs the State's relations with Muslim communities registered in the Register of Religious Entities and belonging to that Commission.
2. The agreement recognizes rights for those communities: inviolability of mosques and Islamic cemeteries, reserved plots in municipal cemeteries, and protection of their archives and documents.
3. It regulates the status of imams and religious leaders: they do not have to testify about what was confided to them during worship, they are included in the General Social Security system, and religious studies can delay their military service.
4. A marriage celebrated under the Islamic rite has civil effects from the moment it takes place, if the spouses meet the requirements of the Civil Code, and full recognition requires registration in the Civil Registry.
5. Islamic religious assistance is guaranteed to Muslim soldiers and to people held in public institutions such as prisons and hospitals, and Islamic religious education is guaranteed in public and state-funded private schools.
6. The communities receive tax benefits, Muslim workers may ask to interrupt work on Fridays and during Ramadan, and the HalalHalal The label that identifies food prepared according to Islamic law. label for food made under Islamic law is protected.

Who it affects

• Muslim communities registered in the Register of Religious Entities that belong to the Islamic Commission of Spain or its federations.: They are the direct beneficiaries of the rights and duties in the agreement.
• Imams and Islamic religious leaders.: They get recognized status, Social Security coverage, and confidentiality over what they learn through worship.
• People of the Muslim faith in Spain.: They can marry under the Islamic rite with civil effects, ask for time off on Fridays and during Ramadan, and receive religious assistance and education.
• Muslim soldiers and people held in public institutions.: They are entitled to Islamic religious assistance and to practice their religious duties.
• Muslim students in public and state-funded private schools.: They can receive Islamic religious education and be excused from class and exams on their religious holidays.

Words worth knowing

Registro de Entidades Religiosas (Register of Religious Entities)

A public register where religious denominations are recorded so the State gives them legal recognition.

Concertado (state-funded private school)

A private school that receives public money and therefore must meet certain conditions.

Expropiación forzosa (compulsory expropriation)

The government's power to force someone to hand over property, usually with payment, for the public interest.

Ramadán (Ramadan)

The fasting month of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims fast from dawn to sunset.

Halal

The label that identifies food prepared according to Islamic law.

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