Dealing with death in a secular society: the case of Muslim burials in Spain

dc.contributor.authorLeón Azcárate, Juan Luis de
dc.contributor.authorBasterretxea Moreno, Iziar
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-13T08:37:43Z
dc.date.available2024-11-13T08:37:43Z
dc.date.issued2023-07
dc.date.updated2024-11-13T08:37:43Z
dc.description.abstractDeath is not only a universal biological fact; for the individual it is the “event horizon”. This fact has important symbolic meanings and complex social consequences. Any society, secular or not, must manage this reality. What response is given to the question of religious phenomenon in general, and to funerary practices in particular, in a secular society in which individuals with different religious sensibilities coexist? This article aims to analyse the response given by the Spanish state to the questions raised regarding burials by Muslim communities, the most widespread minority group in Spain as a whole. This response, which would be framed within what could be called a ‘cooperation model’, has encountered some difficulties as a result of the territorial organisation of the Spanish state. Despite this, the willingness to cooperate on the part of both the administrations that make up the state and the Islamic communities has made a situation of stable coexistence possible.en
dc.identifier.citationDe León, J. L., & Basterretxea, I. (2023). Dealing with Death in a Secular Society: The Case of Muslim Burials in Spain. Religions, 14(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/REL14070825
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/REL14070825
dc.identifier.issn2077-1444
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/1802
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
dc.rights© 2023 by the authors
dc.subject.otherBurials
dc.subject.otherFunerary practices
dc.subject.otherMuslim communities
dc.subject.otherSecularism
dc.subject.otherSpain
dc.titleDealing with death in a secular society: the case of Muslim burials in Spainen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.issue7
oaire.citation.titleReligions
oaire.citation.volume14
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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