Approximately 200 schools across the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia now teach Islam as part of their curriculum, official figures disclosed following a parliamentary request by the local Vox party have revealed.
The inquiry submitted by Vox Andalusia has sparked political debate over the extent to which the curriculum is being catered to immigrants and the scope of influence a rising Islamic community now has on institutions across the region.
Vox linked the findings to demographic data from the Infancy and Adolescence Observatory in Andalusia, published in November 2024, which highlighted that Moroccans make up the largest group of non-Spanish nationals under the age of 19 in the region, accounting for nearly 30 percent of foreign nationals in this age group.
In the city of Almería alone, this percentage surpasses 50 percent, making Moroccan nationals the predominant foreign-born group in a province significantly impacted by illegal immigration.
The next highest nationalities across Andalusia include Romanians (11 percent), Brits (5 percent), and Colombians.
Vox criticized the Andalusian People’s Party (PP) government for not disclosing the names of the schools where Islam or Islamic studies are taught.
In a press release cited by OKdiario, the right-wing group said it was “impressive the null transparency that the Andalusian PP government has had by not detailing the name of educational schools that impart such subject in the community.”
“It is revealed that the Andalusian region has succumbed to the effects of the permanent arrivals of immigrants from the Maghreb, mostly Muslim area and with a high number of practitioners,” the party claimed.
“Indeed, the development and presence of this matter in the Andalusian classrooms clearly represents the priorities of the current Andalusian popular government,” it added.
