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COMMUNIQUÉDeath of Mr. Rafael Valencia The Fundación Mezquita de Sevilla has conveyed its condolences to the family of Mr. Rafael Valencia on Saturday afternoon. The vice-president of the Seville Mosque Foundation, Hajj Khalid Nieto, travelled yesterday to the SE30 funeral home, in order to bear witness to the feeling that the sudden death of our cordial friend Mr. Rafael Valencia …

Assalamu ‘Alaikum, As you may already know, in 2007 whilst playing football for Seville FC, Frederic Oumar Kanoute helped secure our current Musallah. Twelve years later, in Ramadan 2019, Oumar Kanoute further pledged to help raise €1m for the first purpose-built Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre in Seville in 700 years. With his support and commitment, the online campaign on …

Dear collaborators and participants in the Islamic Culture Conference of Almonaster. By direct communication of the Excmo. Mayor of Almonaster, Mr. Jacinto José Vázquez, we have received with regret the news of the suspension of the 2020 edition of our traditional Jornadas de Cultura Islámica de Almonaster. The City Council has assessed that given the massive attendance at this event …

END OF RAMADAN COMMUNIQUÉ 1441/2020 The president of the Islamic Community in Spain announces that, having been sighted the fourth crescent of the moon in the reference area, tomorrow , Sunday, May 24, will be the first day of the month of Shawwal and, therefore, the festival of Eid al Fitr. Allah says in the Qur’an: “Allah wants for you …

PRESS RELEASE – 20/05/2020 Eid Prayer and Zakat al Fitra Date of Eid al FitraThe day of Eid al Fitra will be announced on Saturday night, May 23 (29th of Ramadan), depending on the sighting of the moon in Spain or reference area. Eid al Fitra PrayerDue to the State of Alarm, the distancing and hygienic measures established by the …

COMMUNICATION 12/05/2020Video of agglomeration at the door of the Mosque of Seville Today a video has surfaced on social networks accusing this entity of not observing the law and lack of civility, to which we would like to respond briefly: The Seville Mosque Foundation canceled the activities of more affluence on March 12, even before the announcement of the state …

The president of the Islamic Community in Spain announces that since the fourth crescent of the moon has not been sighted in the area of reference, today the beginning of the month of Ramadan is set for Saturday, April 25, thus fulfilling the month of Sha’́ban a cycle of 30 days. Allah says in the Qur’an: Believers! Fasting has been …