Coat of arms of the Canary Islands Coat of arms of Canary Islands. Popularly attributed the Canary Islands name is derived from the Presa Canario, although under a law in force in the Canary Islands since 1991, the dog is the natural symbol of Gran Canaria along with the cactus. For this reason, critics of the current shield argue that it only represents the island of Gran Canaria, and not the entire archipelago. There has also been a motion to remove both animals' collars, as it is argued (especially since independence) that the collars represent "submission". Coat of arms of the Canary Islands The coat of arms
Religion in the Canary Islands de La Laguna, the latter is the only one in the Canary Islands built expressly as such. In the island of Gran Canaria there are three other centers: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Telde and Vecindario and one on the island of Fuerteventura in Puerto del Rosario. The Islam is currently the second religion most practiced in the archipelago after the Catholic. The Muslim communities were originally established definitively in the Canary Islands on Tenerife and Gran Canaria between the 19th and 20th centuries. Later on Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, and later on La Palma. Currently, the Islamic Federation of the