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19 May 2023 Lecture by Sidi Karim Viudes, rahimullah, given by Hayy Khalid Nieto at the 12th Islamic Festival of Mertola. Sidi Karim Viudes, Rahimullah When we speak of “believers” and “non-believers”, what do we believe in believing or not believing? When we speak of “secular culture” as opposed to “religious faith”, which “culture” and which “faith” do we qualify? …

By: Muwasala.org The fifteenth night of Shaban, known in Arabic as Laylat al-Nisf min Shaban, literally “the eve of the middle of Shaban,” is one of the most important nights of the year. (In the Islamic calendar the night precedes the day so it is actually the night before the fifteenth day of Sha’ban). `Ata` bin Yasar said that after …

Abdelmalik MohammedIslamie.es There is a maxim that says that where there is chaos, there is order not far away, that is, where there is disorder, there is its opposite. Within this chaotic universe of federations and associations that exist within the Muslim community in Spain, there are entities that live based on rules and other social foundations, providing useful elements …

Interview with Hajj Jalid Nieto.Founding Trustee of the Seville Mosque Foundation. WHERE DOES THE STRENGTH AND UNIQUENESS OF THE FESTIVAL LIE? Fundamentally, it is born as an ENCOUNTER between two potentialities. On the one hand, a group of people, who had made a deep exercise of reflection and search in their own roots and history and wanted to make this …

Muslims in Spain live orphaned of an entity to orient and guide them in the serene exercise of their faith, all this combined with their social duties as citizens. In this chaotic framework propitiated by a CIE-UCIDE, incapable of creating a minimum of rules and activity in favor of their community, hope resurfaces when we come across projects such as …

Opening ceremony of the XVI international symposium. “Aesthetics, translation and interfaith dialogue.” XXII Jornadas de Cultura Islámica de Almonaster la Real, HuelvaOctober 8, 2022 Assalamualeikum, peace to all, good morning. I am here, invited by the Exmo. City Council of this beautiful town of the Sierra, to share this table with the illustrious people who accompany me. I thank the …

(This lecture was delivered in Mértola, Portugal, on May 21, 2022, at the XI Islamic Festival of that city). Assalam mualeykum. Good afternoon. Before I begin, I would like to thank the city council of Mértola and local authorities, the organizers of this Islamic Festival and the Seville Mosque Foundation for their invitation to share an afternoon of joint reflection …