In Search of a Lost Spain
T’S TRAVEL ISSUE In the southern part of the country, churches and streets hold the remnants of eight centuries of Islamic rule. The ceiling of the Hall of Ambassadors in […]
Muslim Rule in Spain Was a Crucial Part of Europe’s History
BYJEAN BATOU For half a millennium, modern-day Spain was mostly ruled by Muslim kingdoms that presided over an extraordinary cultural experiment. The key to understanding Al-Andalus lies in its unorthodox […]
In Search of a Lost Spain
In Search of a Lost Spain In the southern part of the country, churches and streets hold the remnants of eight centuries of Islamic rule. The ceiling of the Hall […]
A European capital’s forgotten memory: Madrid’s Islamic past
Breadcrumb Inigo Alexander 14 December, 2021 While armchair enthusiasts of European history are well aware of southern Spain’s Islamic history, most are unaware that Madrid, Spain’s current capital, once had […]
Was the British King Offa a Muslim? (776 A.D.)
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The Moorish invention that tamed Spain’s mountains
(Image credit: Kira Walker) By Kira Walker12th October 2022 An ancient Moorish invention has been providing water to the Sierra Nevada mountains for more than 1,000 years, making life possible in […]
15 Things You Did Not Know About the Moors of Spain
1. The Spanish occupation by the Moors began in 711 AD when an African army, under their leader Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from northern Africa and invaded […]
DNA Analysis of Spain’s Segorbe Giant Reveals Ancient Ethnic Cleansing
UPDATED 27 SEPTEMBER, 2021 – NATHAN FALDE Genetic experts have completed a full sequencing of a DNA sample obtained from a 1,000-year-old skeleton unearthed in 1999 in an ancient Islamic cemetery near the […]
Where Islam and Reason Meet
A medieval debate about God’s relationship to goodness can help explain today’s conflicts over religion and society in the Islamic world. By Mustafa Akyol April 15, 2021 The Western public has […]
Al-Andalus revisited: Why the values of the Muslim golden age are more important now than ever before
BY FAISAL J. ABBAS FOR ARAB NEWS Faisal Abbas is the Editor in Chief of the Arab News The scenes of awful terrorist attacks on people in the streets of […]
A warning from India for European liberals on how to manage relations with Muslim minorities
January 23, 2019 Author Joerg Friedrichs Associate Professor of Politics, University of Oxford Disclosure statement Joerg Friedrichs does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any […]
Video: Lessons From Al Andalus – Leading in a Pluralistic Society
01/02/2018 Dr. Craig Considine 2nd Annual National Latino Muslim Convention – left to right: Dr. Craig Considine, Mujahid Fletcher, Dr. Ibrahim Dremali, Adnan Jalali, Jalil Navarro On December 31st, I […]
There’s a reason why anti-Muslim ideology hasn’t found a home in Portugal
Source: Independent By Robert Fisk The Arabs were regarded as exotic and educated peoples whose own culture was never erased from the streets of Portugal’s cities The ramparts of the […]
Fraxinetum: An Islamic Frontier State in Tenth Century Provence
Political History According to Liutprand (d. 972), the bishop of Cremona, the history of Muslim Fraxinetum began around 887, when a small vessel carrying about twenty Andalusi sailors landed on […]
Video: 8 Modern Advancements Europeans Would not have without the ‘Moors’
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Tracing the rise and fall of Islam in southern Spain
By Keshie Hernitaningtyas, for The Jakarta Post It took twenty five years to build the city of Madinat al-Zahra, which existed for only sixty-five years and laid forgotten beneath the ground […]
Is Queen Elizabeth from the lineage of the Spanish-Muslim descendants of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)?
LONDON (Web Desk) – Queen Elizabeth-II of United Kingdom, the world’s oldest living monarch who marked her 90th birthday last month, has had a number of myths spring around her in […]
When Muslims and Christians Flourished Side By Side in Sicily
The Other Al-Andalus — When Muslims and Christians Flourished Side By Side in Sicily Source: The Huffington Post I sometimes think about the glories of “Islamic Spain,” or Al-Andalus. Starting […]
Portugal: Extent of Loulé Islamic bathing complex revealed
Excavations in the historical centre of the southern Portuguese town of Loulé have now revealed the layout of the public bathing complex, one of the most complete on the Iberian […]
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 […]