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The title of today’s talk, of today’s conference, is the function of tasawwuf, of Sufism, as the protector of society against extremism. I’ll start by talking about what extremism is, which means ‘pushing something to its limit, to its extreme, or the fact that something is extreme, or advocating for measures or having opinions that are extreme’. Today, the word …

We find in Allah’s book at the beginning of ayat 43 of Surat al-Baqara a phrase which means: “In this way we have made you a middlemost community…” an “ummatan wasata”. The great commentator of the Qur’an, al-Qurtubi, along with many others, says that the word wasata, “middlemost”, means just and balanced, taking the middle way between two extremes, neither …

Praise be to Allah, who created and taught man what he did not know. Who gave him the kalam and the intellect to reflect. Who guides him in the misdirection. His are the praises in heaven and on earth, His is power and knowledge. He knows the manifest and the hidden. I testify that there is no god but Allah, …

The educator Hajj Khalid Nieto highlights the importance of the family and the teacher in society in a talk at the First Congress on Sufism held in Melilla. “All that Islam should do in the people who practice it is to elevate the noble qualities of the person, such as love, respect and understanding, but not only among the Muslims …

Muslims, I urge you to have Taqwa from Allah, for Taqwa is what unites our hearts and what will give us a high position in the Hereafter. “You who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and do not die without being subdued.” Servants of Allah, rejoice for today. Rejoice and rejoice that you have completed the month of …

On July 30th a reception was held at the Hassan II Pavilion on the occasion of the seventeenth anniversary of the ascension to the throne of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. Our sincere thanks to the General Consul from the Kingdom of Morocco, Mr. Farid Aoulouhaj, and his wife for their invitation and hospitality. To the event attended Hajj Khalid …

  At the beginning of July all Muslim Communities from Seville gather with the Pluralism and Coexistence Foundation in the sociocultural place from Al Hidaya Mosque in the Cerezo neighborhood. In a climate of consensus and respect, many issues of interest were treated for relations with the City Council by the Muslims communities representative from Seville. Since the beginning of …