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Catalonia limits the teaching of the Spanish language in its schools and instead promotes the subject "Islamic Religion"
The Catalan community refuses to continue teaching so many hours of Spanish in public schools despite a court ruling that obliges them to do so. Instead, who should include a course that promotes the teaching of the Islamic religion.
The Generalitat of Catalonia continues its efforts to teach fewer hours of Spanish language in public schools, despite the ruling of the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia on December 17 that established this obligation based on the obligation to teach the language as the main language country official.
The Catalan authorities claim to have great pride in their own language and ensure that the Spanish language is not part of their culture, which is why for years they have worked from public education to eradicate the use of the Spanish language in the community.
However, this identity excuse quickly falls away when one discovers what other subject the Spanish hours will be replaced with: "Islamic Religion".
Despite the fact that the Muslim religion is a minority at the regional and national level, Catalonia has introduced the subject "Islamic Religion" in the official curriculum of the schools of the autonomous community.
According to the radical leftist Josep Bargalló , head of the Catalan education department, " Muslim families have asked us to teach their religion in schools and we saw no reason to reject them ."
Despite the fact that Muslim families represent approximately 1% of Catalan families, their request has been complied with by the authorities, while the desire for more hours of Spanish requested by more than 40% of the families in the community is not even heard by the regional government.
According to the latest data, 64% of Catalans want a trilingual school system in which Spanish , Catalan and a foreign language such as English are taught .
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