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Our congratulations to Lady Aisha College! To all the women who have made this first year possible and of course to their students! Below is a short letter from the Head of the College, Hajja Rahima Brandt. Asalaamu alaykumWe did it! We have reached the end of our first year with all the students who started with us completing the …

From Monday 24 to Friday 28 November, the Conference ‘Morocco in Andalusia’ will be held at the Rectorate of the University of Seville. Organized by the Azarquiel Association. On Tuesday 25th, the Seville Mosque Foundation, through its Director of Communication, Hajj Khalid Nieto, had the pleasure of being able to take part in the colloquium, ‘Al Andalus, a common heritage’. …

On Tuesday, November 4, the day of Ashura was celebrated, in which during the breaking of the fast we had the honor of having the presence of a guest from the United Arab Emirates, among the many Sevillians who attended. Below is an article from Islam Today, which explains the relevance of this day for Muslims and why they fast …

At the end of 2011, agents of the Civil Guard reported that the burials that were practiced in the Muslim cemetery of Griñón did not comply with mortuary regulations, and in many cases, burials were carried out directly in the ground without a coffin. After making inquiries about this information, it can be concluded that: • L The burials were …

If the Sephardim have obtained historical reparation from Spain, why not the Moriscos? The descendants of those Moriscos expelled from Spain in the 17th century do not hide a certain feeling of “exclusion” and demand the same treatment from Spain as that reserved for the Sephardic Jews. Their surnames are Loubaris (from Olivares), Bargachi (from Vargas) Buano (from Bueno), Sordo, …

The Balañá Group, owner of the land, has categorically denied that it is negotiating the reconversion of the old Monumental bullring into a large mosque built thanks to a donation from an emir of Qatar. This is the information that has been published since last January by some media and that emerges and resurfaces, with increasingly extravagant details that are …