Tawheed is the foundation of Islam as we know it now, but also of all past Deen (religions) brought by all the previous Prophets and Messengers of Allah. Therefore, the understanding of Tawhid lies at the very core of human existence: if we understand it, we have understood what it means to be a human being; if we don’t, we …
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What does it mean to follow the Sunnah of the Prophet?
In this eloquent article, the author tells us what it means to follow the Sunnah of the Prophet, peace be upon him, which is not a mechanical imitation, but to wonder what he would have done in each situation. Can we find the steps of the beloved when the beloved is gone? Can we find the scent, the fragrance, the …
Read More »Summary of the “XX Islamic Conferences” of Almonaster la Real, Huelva
On October 11, 12 and 13, the XX Conference on Islamic Culture took place in Almonaster la Real, proclaimed one of the most beautiful villages in Spain, located in the Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche in Huelva. These conferences arise from the collaboration between the City Council of Almonaster, the Mosque Foundation of Seville and the Islamic Community …
Read More »Confirming the Sunnah with Ashura Fast
One of the most important elements to create a collective identity in a human group is a common story that narrates the past to give meaning to the present and project a future. Sharing this story, this story, is what creates the narrative of ‘us’; It defines where we come from, who we are, and where we are going. When …
Read More »Ramadan: essence and form of the fasting practice of Muslims
Talk given at the Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation on May 30, 2019 – 25 Ramadan 1440, by Hafith Luqman Nieto, vice president of the Seville Mosque Foundation . — As-salamu alaykum. Peace be with you. When we extend this greeting, we are making a supplication, a dua: that peace and contentment with reality be with you. The word …
Read More »Correcting an evil cannot cause a greater evil, Sheikh Ahmed Bermejo
In these last few days I have been remembering a lot of one of my teachers, a man with whom I shared a lot and from whom I learned even more, a man of a unique character, of a high behavior, far from evil and close to good, whom I always remember with a smile ready to explain things to …
Read More »The crisis of metaphysics
Modern philosophy, in general, has abandoned the goals of earlier metaphysics for several reasons. At the heart of the matter is the age-old debate over universal principles, a conflict between the essentialist approach of the “realists” or the “moderate realists,” committed to what became known as the old way (the “old way”), and the nominalist approach committed to the modern …
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