Spain and Portugal embrace Jews, but not Arabs
By Micah D. Halpern The Daily Star, Lebanon Spain and Portugal are now offering citizenship to the descendants of families expelled from their countries in 1492 and 1493 . The […]
If Spain welcomes back its Jews, will its Muslims be next?
theguardian: by Ashifa Kassam — A proposed law will fast-track naturalisation of Jews whose ancestors were expelled 500 years ago. Now the descendants of Muslims who were ousted are also seeking the right to return. Perched dramatically on a rocky mountain, the small city of Toledo overlooks a bend in […]
If Spain welcomes back its Jews, will its Muslims be next?
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The large Jewish debt to Turkey
Israelis do not remember that in the year of the expulsion, 1492, the country that opened its gates to the exiles from Spain – without constructing prison facilities for them – was Ottoman Turkey. By Dmitry Shumsky | Feb. 20, 2014 | 3:39 AM Ferdinand and Isabella, king and queen of […]
Andalus Muslims Demand Spanish Citizenship
OnIslam & News Agencies Wednesday, 19 February 2014 12:59 Muslims ruled much of Spain for centuries starting from 711 to 1492. MADRID – Struggling to keep the memory of Al-Andalus alive, a Muslim advocacy group has urged the Spanish authorities to grant Muslims, expelled from Spain in 1609, the […]
New Spanish Law Would Give Sephardic Jews Dual Citizenship
If passed, the bill would allow 3.5 million Sephardic Jews to claim citizenship By Lily Wilf|February 12, 2014 7:10 PM|Comments: 12 Shlomo Moshe Amar, the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, during his visit to Granada’s Alhambra on May 31, 2011, the first ever official visit by a […]
Gays can be cured’: Pope’s new cardinal
Source: The Local. Homosexuality is a defective manner of expressing sexuality, because this [sex] has a structure and a purpose, which is procreation,” Fernando Sebastián told Spanish local daily Diario Sur. “A homosexual who can’t achieve this [procreation] is failing,” said the man who will take up office in the Vatican […]
Life of Ibn Arabi, Sufi and Savant
Shaikh al-Akbar Ibn ‘Arabi Sufi and Savant (1165-1240) ——————————————————————————————————- By Zakaria Virk, Toronto Canada Mohyi al-Din Ibn Arabi was a renowned mystic, poet, sage, and philosopher of Islamic Spain. During his lifetime he was acknowledged as one of the most important spiritual teachers within Sufism. He was renowned for his […]
Questions of loyalty force focus on Spanish Muslim soldiers
News Date: 25th November 2013 Concerns about creeping radicalism in Spain’s North African enclaves have made military commanders question the loyalty of Muslim soldiers recruited from those regions, prompting staff shifts and worries about religious tolerance. The doubts – focusing on whether recruits from the two enclaves on the Moroccan […]
The Wonders of the Islamic Worlds of Art and Science, Illuminated
By RAPHAEL MINDER SEVILLE, Spain — Four years ago, when the curator Sabiha Al Khemir started preparing an exhibition on the role of light in Islamic art, her plan was […]
Exhibition of Rare Islamic Objects Opens in Spain
Spain has begun hosting an exhibition ‘Nur: Light in Art, Science from the Islamic World,’ which features 140 works from Muslim countries (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Appropriately for a region that was once home to a Muslim polity that remains famous for its advances in art and learning, the […]
Spain may offer citizenship to Muslim converts to Christianity – A report has claimed that Spain is preparing to offer citizenship to Muslims who become Christian, which if proved true, would mark a medieval tactic used in the Spanish inquisition.
World Bulletin / News Desk The website of OnIslam has claimed that Spain is planning to grant citizenship to Muslims who accept Christianity, marking a comeback of a tactic used during the Spanish inquisitions. Spanish website ETC Noticias apparantly quoted the president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (SEC) and Minister […]
NSA surveillance: Spain demands US explain 'monitoring'
Source: BBC Spain has urged the US to give details of any eavesdropping, amid that reports it monitored 60 million Spanish telephone calls in a month. The US ambassador to […]
NSA surveillance: Spain demands US explain ‘monitoring’
Source: BBC Spain has urged the US to give details of any eavesdropping, amid that reports it monitored 60 million Spanish telephone calls in a month. The US ambassador to […]
Holy Qur'an – Arabic with Spanish Translation – Read Online or Download
España — Mezquita Basharat Address: 14630 Pedro Abad, Córdoba, Spain Phone: +34 957 186203 | Fax: +34 957 186300 E-mail: spain@alislam.org | Webpage: http://www.alislam.es Spanish Translation of Holy Qur’an Continue […]
Holy Qur’an – Arabic with Spanish Translation – Read Online or Download
Source: alislam.org Inicio Comunicados de la Comunidad Filosofia económica del Islam La Mujer en el Islam ¿Jesús murió en la Cruz? Yihad y Terrorismo Islam ¿Por qué el Islam? Filosofía de […]
Fortress Europe: How the EU Turns Its Back on Refugees
They come seeking refuge, but when asylum seekers cross into the European Union, they often find little compassion. In Greece, they are held in squalid detention camps, while in Italy […]
Haramain Train is 50 percent complete, says railway chief
Mohammed Al-Suwaiket, president of the Saudi Railway Organization (SRO), said that 50 percent of the Haramain Railway Project has been already completed, with no change in the train’s course so […]
Andalusia’s synergy of Christian, Muslim art
Giovanna Dell’Orto, Associated Press POSTED: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 3:01 AM GRANADA, Spain – For the third time in a week, I’m visiting the Alhambra, one of the most popular […]
Spain vows to defend its Gibraltar interests while British fleet sails in (coincidentally, of course)
Mariano Rajoy says Britain should act with ‘common sense and good judgement’ OLIVER WRIGHT Author Biography , ADAM WITHNALL FRIDAY 09 AUGUST 2013 THE INDEPENDENT Spain will take “all legal […]