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https://twistislamophobia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/twist-5.jpg900543Second installment of the “Islamophobia in Spain. 2015 National Report” written by the Islamic Culture Foundation, in which we analyze the treating of Islam and the Islamic civilization in the Spanish education system, its reflection in our understanding of the country’s history and the teaching of this religion to Muslim students. Education plays a very important role when trying both to normalize an aspect which might seem alien for part of the population and to prevent the radicalization of Muslims, one of the current main concerns of any European government. Nonetheless, Spain fails to appropriately cover the educational realm both for Muslims and non-Muslims, with regards to the teaching of Islam for Muslim students and to the contents covered at both primary schools and high schools when speaking about said religion. A hidden curriculum First of all, we need to refer to what has been called the “hidden curriculum”, understood in this context as the contents which are obviated, ignored or unknown in the school curriculum (Mayoral Arqué et al., 2009: 253). It is very significant the existence of said hidden curriculum with regard to Islam and the Muslim civilization in the Spanish education, especially when taking into account the importance ...