Cordoba, Once There Was
By Nasir Gondal MD, New York Lying within the wrap of alwadi alKabir the river, is the pearl of Cordova. The seat of the power, knowledge, wisdom, and wealth of […]
Inauguration of Baitur-Rahman Mosque, Valencia, Spain on March 29, 2013
God willing the inaugeration will take place on March 29 Baitur-Rahman Mosque. Source: http://www.islamahmadiyya.es. The opening ceremony of the Baitur-Rahman mosque, located at la Pobla de Vallbona, on the north of Valencia, […]
Sephardic Jews invited back to Spain after 500 years
By Gerry HaddenPRI’s The World More than 500 years ago, tens of thousands of Jews fled Spain because of persecution. Now their descendants are being invited to return. Before the infamous Spanish Inquisition of the 15th Century, some 300,000 Jews lived in Spain. It was one of the largest communities […]
Centuries After 1492 Expulsion, Spain Welcomes Back Sephardic Jews, But What About Muslims?
International Business Times: ………….. Moroccan journalist Ahmed Bensalh Es-salhi wrote an op-ed in Correo Diplomático, in which he lamented that the “decision to grant Spanish citizenship to the grandchildren of […]
Spain overturns city’s ban on full-face veils
Reuters ARABNEWS Friday 1 March 2013 MADRID: Spain’s Supreme Court has overturned the city of Lleida’s ban on women wearing full-face veils — such as burqas or niqabs — in […]
Cordoba, Once There Was
By Nasir Gondal MD, New York Lying within the wrap of alwadi alKabir the river, is the pearl of Cordova. The seat of the power, knowledge, wisdom, and wealth of […]
Alhambra from Wikipedia
Alhambra (pron.: /ælˈhæmbrə/),[a] the complete form of which was Calat Alhambra,[b] is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It was constructed during the mid -10th century by the Umaid Arabic ruler Badis ben Habus of the Kingdom of Granada in al-Andalus, […]
The Legend and the Mystique of Alhambra
Prologue by Zia H Shah MD The charm and mystique of any good fiction lies in the conflict, tension and drama between the characters. Alhambra lives in the imagination of […]
Car Factories Offer Hope for Spanish Industry and Workers
MADRID — Despite the economic gloom that has enshrouded it since the onset of the global financial crisis, Spain has at least one industrial bright spot: The country and its skilled, if underemployed, work force have once again become a beacon for European carmakers. Four years of economic turmoil and […]
Spanish bank bailout gets go-ahead
LONDON (CNNMoney) — The European Commission has approved Spain’s plans to restructure four of its weakest banks, clearing the way for them to receive nearly €37 billion in fresh capital from the eurozone’s bailout fund. All four banks were nationalized to prevent them collapsing after Spain’s property bubble burst, leaving […]
Gaza, Catalonia and Romantic Nationalism
Source: Stratfor: By George Friedman Founder and Chief Executive Officer Last week was spent obsessed with Gaza. In the end, nothing changed. A war was fought without an Israeli ground assault but with massive air and rocket attacks on both sides. Israel did not have the appetite and perhaps the […]
Austria partners with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Spain to further religious dialogue
Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Austrian Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Michal Spindelegger and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo will launch the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) in Vienna on Monday. “The opening ceremony of the KAICIID […]
Manmade quakes: Spanish 2011 deadly tremor caused by water extraction – study
Russian TV: Massive groundwater extraction was behind the deaths of nine people, with 100 injured and thousands homeless, which was the toll of Spain’s earthquake in 2011. New research links human activity with earthquakes around the world. The earthquake in southeastern Spain in 2011 near the city of Lorca caught […]
In Spain, separatist fever rises in time of crisis
Source: Washington Post: Stefano Buonamici/BLOOMBERG – A protestor carries a banner reading “Catalonia is not Spain” during a march in favour of Catalan independence on Sept. 11, 2012. BARCELONA — It was a soccer game of Super Bowl proportions: Madrid vs. Barcelona, Spain’s two main cities clashing in a legendary […]
Firefighters bring Spanish wildfires under control
The worst wildfires in memory in the Malaga region of southern Spain were being brought under control yesterday, leaving a charred and blackened wasteland where there had been fragrant pine […]
Spain ‘al Qaeda cell’ may have targeted Gibraltar
Credit:CNN (CNN) — Three suspected terrorists arrested last week in what Spanish officials call one of their largest operations against al Qaeda appear to have been interested in targeting a Gibraltar shopping mall. Spanish security services suspect their plan may have been to attack the British territory on the southernmost […]
Muslims are an integral part of Europe – The presence of Muslims in Europe should be celebrated, not feared
In a fantastic article written in 1996, Roger Ballard explains how a geographical entity known as Europe was mapped out, not based on sharing a common language or ethnicity, but […]
Almost €100bn pulled out of Spain as investors beat a hasty retreat
Almost €100bn (£80.2bn) of cash was pulled out of Spain in the first three months of the year by private and corporate investors fleeing the advancing financial and political crisis. […]
Spain’s troubled Bankia set to sell down stake in British Airways owner IAG
Spain’s stricken Bankia expects to sell off its vast portfolio of industrial holdings, that includes a stake in the parent company of British Airways and Iberia. Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri, who […]