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19 May 2023 Lecture by Sidi Karim Viudes, rahimullah, given by Hayy Khalid Nieto at the 12th Islamic Festival of Mertola. Sidi Karim Viudes, Rahimullah When we speak of “believers” and “non-believers”, what do we believe in believing or not believing? When we speak of “secular culture” as opposed to “religious faith”, which “culture” and which “faith” do we qualify? …

"When it is said to them, 'Do not corrupt things on earth,' they reply, 'But if only we make them better.'" (Qur'an, 2:11)

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 …

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 …

The Isra (night journey) followed by Al-Miraj (heavenly ascension) was one of the miracles in the life of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. According to the most accepted opinion, it happened on the 27th of Rajab, the seventh month of the Hijri calendar, in the tenth year of Muhammad’s prophecy. In the Hadith literature it is reported …

It is He Who has sent down upon you the Book, in which there are precise signs (verses) that are the mother of the Book and other ambiguous ones. Those who have a deviation in their heart follow the ambiguous, in a spirit of discord and with the intention of interpreting it, but their interpretation is known only to Allah. …

The Man Who Goes to the Mosque: The Importance of the Mosque in Modern Society for Muslims and for the Da’wah A Reflection: What is the mosque? What is its importance or place in modern society? What is modern society? What does modernity mean? What characterizes it? What place does the mosque have for the Muslim? Or, perhaps more interestingly, …