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RAMADAN END COMMUNIQUÉ 1438/2017

The Emir of the Islamic Community in Spain announces that NOT having sighted the first quarter of the moon in the reference area, thirty days of the holy month of Ramadan are completed, with Monday, June 26, being the 1st day of the month of Shawwal, and therefore, the festival of Eid al Fitr.  Allah says in the Qur’an:  “Allah …

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Public Iftar in the Plaza del Triunfo, Granada

On June 10th, on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, a collective IFTAR took place in the GARDENS OF TRIUNFO, to which all the people from Granada were invited. The reason for this event was to know Ramadan in first person and to understand more about Islam. The Iftar consisted of the following activities: – Activities workshops and …

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Institutional Iftar with the Badr Mosque, Estepa, Seville

The Islamic cultural center BADR celebrated last night what in Muslim culture is called IFTAR, or the ceremony in which the fast breaks that throughout the day have maintained with deep rigor. Every ninth month of the lunar year, the Muslim community celebrates Ramadan, the holy month for Islam, the month in which Mohammed, peace and blessings upon him, had …

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Tayib Erdogan, a Muslim leader, not ‘Islamist’

Turkey is a country with a Muslim majority. Ninety-nine percent of the population, according to the International Religious Freedom study compiled by the US government. However, since 1923 and under the leadership of Kemal Ataturk, it is a secular republic and a rule of law. What is not publicized so much, is that this secularism has not been passive, but …

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