Meeting with representatives of the Islamic Center of Madrid
Casa Árabe’s General Director, Miguel Moro Aguilar, and the assistant director and programming coordinator, Cristina Juarranz, met with Hussam Khoja, director of the Islamic Center of Madrid, and Adil Hachmi, its head of public relations.
October 28, 2025
The two entities have agreed on the need to continue strengthening collaboration and creating new spaces to meet for intercultural dialogue, education and the promotion of joint activities between Arab and Muslim communities and Spanish society.
During the meeting, the foundations were laid for an upcoming activity to be held in the near future, with the aim of continuing to build new bridges and promote peaceful coexistence. The Muslim community in Spain is now greater than 2.5 million people—a figure estimated by the Union of Spain’s Islamic Communities (UCIDE) and the Andalusí Observatory—which represents about 5% of the official national population according to Spain’s National Statistical Institute (INE). Of these, approximately 1.3 million are foreign nationals (mostly Moroccans, followed by Pakistanis and Senegalese), and just over one million possess Spanish nationality, including naturalized citizens and descendants born in Spain.
Madrid’s Islamic Cultural Center, home to the M-30 Mosque, is a non-profit religious organization and the largest mosque in Spain. It houses a school, a library, two exhibition halls and a museum that works to disseminate knowledge and culture.
