Community condemns attack on mosque in Spain
BY ANADOLU AGENCY OVIEDO EUROPE FEB 23, 2021 A woman protests against racism, Madrid, Spain, Nov 12, 2017. (Getty Images) Residents and officials in the small Spanish town of San […]
Islamic 12th-century bathhouse uncovered in Seville tapas bar
Dazzling geometric motifs dating from Almohad caliphate discovered during renovation of city’s bar Sam Jones in Madrid @swajones Thu 18 Feb 2021 A magnificently decorated 12th-century Islamic bathhouse, replete with […]
The fall of Granada, the glories of Al Andalus and the butchery of Spain
By 5Pillars -2 months ago The Alhambra Palace in Granada On January 2, 1492 the last Muslim kingdom of Al Andalus fell to the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, putting […]
In Search of My Roots
From: Al Jazeera World A filmmaker goes on a road trip to explore her Spanish heritage and learn about Moriscos, Christian Spaniards of Muslim origin. When Spanish director Paula Palacios […]
Places of Worship: La Mezquita-Catedral de Cordoba
MAGAZINE: EDITION SEPTEMBER 2020 PLACES 29th October 2020 THE REVIEW OF RELIGIONS The modern Cathedral of Cordoba (Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption) in southern Spain has a shared […]
Archaeologists find 4500 bodies in ancient Islamic necropolis in Spain
Source: MSN and Daily Mail AMELIA WYNEArchaeologists in Spain have found 400 Muslim graves in an ancient Islamic necropolis. Experts discovered the 4,500 bodies in Tauste district earlier this month […]
Palestinian refugee receives Spanish citizenship after discovering Jewish Sephardic roots
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 (JTA) — As a U.K.-based academic who was born in Dubai to a Palestinian father and Lebanese mother, Heba […]
Spanish Inquisition
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search For other uses, see Spanish Inquisition (disambiguation). Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Spain Tribunal del Santo Oficio […]
El Coran y las Monjas – The Quran and the Nuns
Aeysha Nusrat Jahan AHMADIYYAT 4th July 2020 Author as a child playing on the grounds of Basharat Mosque, Pedro Abad, Spain Aeysha Nusrat Jahan, The Netherlands A story told by […]
Coronavirus: Spain to allow UK tourists without quarantine
Source: BBC UK tourists will be able to visit Spain without having to quarantine on arrival from Sunday, Spanish officials say. Spain’s foreign affairs minister has told the BBC that […]
Spain to End Quarantine Requirement for Foreign Travelers July 1
Source: Bloomberg By Rodrigo Orihuela Spain will stop enforcing mandatory quarantine for foreign tourists from July 1, as the country prepares to reboot its key tourism industry. The decision was […]
132,000 descendants of expelled Jews apply for Spanish citizenship
Application deadline passes under law designed to atone for 15th-century ‘historical wrong’ @swajones Wed 2 Oct 2019 A gift shop in the old Jewish quarters of Toledo, where Jews were […]
Israel to seize Palestinian land near Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque
Palestinians denounce move to expropriate West Bank land, as final approval for the plan lies with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu By MEE staff Published date: 21 April 2020 […]
Europe’s coronavirus numbers offer hope as US enters ‘peak of terrible pandemic’
Source: The Guardian By Allison Rourke European nations most ravaged by the new coronavirus have reported encouraging signs in their fight against the deadly pandemic, as the United States braced […]
Spain is now studying the possibility of mass testing
Spain has more than 13,000 deaths, second only to Italy with 15000 Source: The Guardian Noted by Ashifa Kassam In Spain, the daily number of deaths has declined for the […]
Infection rate slows in Spain as death toll passes 9000
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Coronavirus: Spain’s deaths pass 9,000 as infection rate slows […]
First public Azaan recited yesterday in Spain in 500 years? Azaan has been Banned in Spain
Our favorite posts: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic and A Moonshot Moment for the Muslims: Making Covid 19 Vaccine before the West and China We could not confirm the […]
Spanish princess becomes first royal to die from coronavirus
Source: CNN Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma has become the first royal in the world to die from coronavirus, according to a statement from her brother, Prince Sixto Enrique. The princess, a distant cousin of King Felipe VI, was 86 and died in Paris on Thursday, her brother said. Her […]
Sephardic Jews : The Sephardic Exodus to the Ottoman Empire
Emergence of the Ottoman Empire The Ottomans began to emerge as a great political and military power from the early 14th century. Uthman, founder of a dynasty, came from a […]
Migrant hailed after rescuing man in wheelchair from fire
Spain could give residency to undocumented hero Gorgui Lamine Sow from Senegal Reuters in Madrid Wed 11 Dec 2019 Spanish authorities are considering giving residency to an undocumented migrant […]
