The Battle Over the Córdoba Mosque-Cathedral and Spanish Identity
May 2015 The first time I saw the Córdoba Mosque-Cathedral was during a vacation to Spain. I remember walking into the building, and feeling a sense of awe as I […]
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 […]
Don’t let Islam be written out of our European history – it birthed fairytale-like towns and mystical lodges
OPINION By Tharik Hussain ‘Muslims have been Europeans for almost 14 centuries – longer than white people have been Americans, and still if I mention “Muslim Europe”, people remain sceptical’ August […]
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 […]
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 […]