11/11/14 - Religion and State. Secularism

ANALYZING SOURCES

SPAIN SITUATION

• Catholics are the 75% of the total inhabitants, but only 20% are practicing, the 55% rest are non-pcticing.
• No faith are the 20% of the population
• Muslims are the second largest religion (3% of the total population).
• Other faiths supose the 2% ( Judaism, Jenovah witness...).
• Protestant and evangelical catholics supose 1% of total population.
• Culture: Spain is a secular society ( for example, gay marriage is legalized).

THE INCREASING OF MUSLIM POPULATION IN SPAIN

• Islam is the second largest religious group in Spain: 1 732 191 muslims live in Spain.
• 59,1% are muslims descendents born in Spain.
• 37.4% are muslims nationalized as Spanish.
• 1.4% are natural Spanish people.
• Most muslim people live in Cataluña, Andalucía, Madrid and Comunidad Valenciana.

USA SITUATION

• There is huge diversity of religions
• Hinduism and Bahai are minorities.
• First largest religion is protestant Cristianism
• Second largest religion is Islam.
• Judism and Buddhism are majority religions.

SHOULD RELIGION BE SEPARATED FROM STATE?

• Influences of religious in non- religious countries: calendar, holidays...

DISCRIMINATION

• Discrimination against atheist people: in order to look for a job, being married, voting in elections...
• Forbiding atheist of public charges.
• Protests against discrimination of homosexual, transexual people.
  

ABORTION

• In some places if you are against this act you can get arrested.
• In Spain there has been a lot of protest against it.