Les cimetières musulmans en Espagnedes lieux de l’altérité

Zusammenfassung

Throughout history, cemeteries have been established as culturally and religiously diverse places. The history of cemeteries in Spain, reflecting the changing socio-political circumstances, can be understood as a series of responses in relation to diverse death (which differs from the Catholic canon), placing it intra or extramural of the cemetery grounds. The increasing religious diversity of Spanish society also begins to be evident in burial spaces, demanding new management alternatives in the treatment of death. In the case of Muslim cemeteries, the administrative management of diversity of funeral practices, is mixed with historical precedent since a significant portion of these cemeteries were created during the Spanish Civil War to bury the Moroccan soldiers who fought in the army of general Franco. This paper compares some different Islamic burial spaces in Spain, analysing its contemporary practices of management.