Articles

“To inspire people to take positive action.”, Fréderic Oumar Kanoute

Fredi Kanouté jokes that he has joined a rock band but none of the motley crew he is touring with claims to be a professional musician. Instead the former West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sevilla striker shares stages around the world with extraordinary characters such as Emi Mahmoud, a former Darfur refugee and Poetry Slam world champion, and Dr Rouba Mhaissen, …

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A Tile for Seville, Reviving Islam in Andalusia

ACTNews, JAKARTA – The world history obviously exposes how Islam in Andalusia, Spain, began to enter its golden age under the Umayyad Caliphate in the eighth century. Economic development, cultural works and science flourished, while renowned philosophers and scientists of Islam such as Ibn Sina and al-Khwarizmi also came into existence. For about three centuries, Andalusia emerged as a region with the …

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‘Inside ISIS’. Documentary chronicle of a trip to the center of terror.

Why a 75-year-old German, ex-judge, ex-conservative politician, diplomat, executive and journalist of prestige today, in short, a man of the European establishment, decides to risk the life and the life of his son and to go with him in The ISIS’s territory? This is the question floating in the air at the end of this documentary film by a catalan …

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Why Muslims Should Never Have To Apologize for Terrorism

You must understand that by asking me whether I condemn terrorism, you are questioning my humanity. Picture this: You wake up in the morning to hear your wife screaming at you because it’s pouring rain outside. She hates the rain and now her day is ruined because of you. You go downstairs only to hear your children yell at you …

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Islam is not the cause. El País, January 1, 2017.

Jihadist attacks are mainly aimed at the Muslim world. Without a doubt, jihadism can score a point: sow chaos, spread panic, normalise the state of emergency. Celebrating the arrival of the new year is no longer the same, it must be done, as last night, in squares surrounded by concrete blocks, with the collective fear of another truck attack like …

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Presentation of ́La Escuela del Cubillas ́, Muhammad Gutierrez, Granada.

Presentation of ́LA ESCUELA DEL CUBILLAS ́. Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies. Granada, December 23, 2016. Muhammad Gutiérrez Gamo. Bismillahi rrahmani arrahim. La ilaha illah Allah Muhammad Rasulullah. Wa la haula wa la quata illah billah. Assalamualaikum. Thank you all very much for having attended this event here today. After the presentation of Emir Malik in which he has expressed …

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