I want to begin my participation in this table with a quote that belongs to our Cordovan philosopher Abu-l Walid Muhammad ibn Rush, better known as Averroes: “Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hatred, hatred leads to violence. Here is the equation” Phobia is, according to the dictionary of the RAE: “The exaggerated aversion to someone or something”. That …

On Saturday, November 3, the third ‘dialogue table between cultures’ was held at the headquarters of the Claver Association in Seville, organized by the ‘Association of Socio-Intercultural Women of Andalusia’, ASIA. The event was attended by Farid Aoulouha, Consul General of the Kingdom of Morocco; Luis Vargas, Director General of Migration Policy; Ms. Isabel Romero, general director of the Halal …

After a few days of a lot of travel and activity, today I finally have a little time to sit in front of the computer and share with you something that is going around my head and that is closely related to my last talk in Almonaster; something that I consider to be key in the life of the believer, …

On October 11, 12, 13 and 14, the XIX Conference on Islamic Culture took place in Almonaster la Real, a beautiful and significant town in the Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche, in Huelva. The conference is a collaboration between the City Council of Almonaster, the Mosque Foundation of Seville and the Islamic Community in Spain with the intention …

Muslim leaders from Europe and Asia have laid the foundations for a new office that will study the creation of a large mosque in the city of Barcelona. The meeting was convened by the European Muslim Forum, a platform that aims to be an interlocutor that represents the various sensitivities that exist in Islam to promote activities and projects such …

The presentation at the Huelva Provincial Council was attended by the territorial deputy of the Sierra; Ezequiel Ruiz Sánchez, the vice-president of the Mosque Foundation of Seville, Luqman Nieto and the acting mayor of the City Council of Almonaster la Real, Tamara Romero Almonaster; the rich heritage of the Andalusian Legacy in AlmonasterLa Real, will once again be the scene …

“An indisputable reality: Islamophobia in the media” is the title of the 2017 report of the Observatory of Islamophobia in the Media presented on October 2 at the IEMed headquarters in Barcelona, and on October 9 in Madrid at Casa Árabe. Throughout 2017, the Observatory of Islamophobia in the Media analysed daily the information published by six national and regional …