Lecture given by Ustadh Abdelgani Melara on the fifteenth anniversary of the Great Mosque of Granada. The lecture is a tafsir of ayat 21 of the Surah of the Covenants: Verily, in the Messenger you have a beautiful example for one who has hope in Allah and in the Last Day and remembers Allah very much. (21:33)
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World Congress of Middle East Studies. Seville, July 16-18
The Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation welcomes you to the fifth edition of WOCMES, World Congress of Middle East Studies. To which the Mezquita de Sevilla Foundation has been invited to the inauguration in the gardens of the Alcazar. WOCMES Seville 2018 will be held in Seville from 16 to 20 July 2018 and will be the meeting point …
Read More »The Muslim and the Mosque
The Muslim and the mosque. One man and one building. A man who submits to his Creator and a building where he submits. The primary act of the Muslim, and therefore of the human being, is to prostrate himself before his Lord. It is the moment and the position in which man is closest to the Merciful and to his …
Read More »The importance of the Wakf model and the mosque
The wakf consists of a donation made by an individual or a group, with the intention that the income it generates will finance what they determine. The details of its operation and the mechanisms for its continuity over time are written in a document that endorses a cadi. I am not going to go into all the regulations that regulated …
Read More »XV anniversary of the Great Mosque of Granada
On the 6th, 7th and 8th of July, the fifteenth anniversary of the Great Mosque of Granada, which was inaugurated in 2003, took place in Granada. This event, which has been held for the last 15 years, has become a benchmark for the coexistence of Islam in Europe. On Friday the 6th, a welcome reception took place, prior to the …
Read More »The balance between justice and mercy in the Qur’an
In recent political history, calls for justice have resounded with great urgency, especially in the United States, the United Kingdom, and throughout the Arab world. For example, in his remarkable primary campaign in the United States, Bernie Sanders repeated a call for social justice countless times, and he was able to do so in a country increasingly divided by inequality …
Read More »Facebook “likes”
This past week I have been very attentive to social networks, I have been looking at the comments of my contacts, and of others who are not contacts but who appear on Facebook. And reading many of them I have become very sad and worried. I have become sad and concerned because I see that, not in all but in …
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