Services, activities and spaces

Services and Activities

Islam is service, and we want to make the Islamic Cultural Center of Seville an example of this. A service both for the growing Muslim community, and for the city in general. A place from which it is given and contributed, offered and transmitted at all possible levels. Where example comes through service and action.

The activities of the Islamic Cultural Center of Seville will be aimed at making Seville an Islamic cultural benchmark throughout the world. Extolling the historical legacy of Seville, seeking its enrichment and giving it the deserved recognition throughout the Muslim world. The activities will always be open to the city, promoting coexistence and social commitment. Great importance will be given to children’s and young people’s activities. And open to citizen initiative for greater dynamism.

Below is a descriptive list of some of the activities and services that we hope to be able to offer to the city.

Organization of Events and Congresses
Events and congresses will be organized, both those that are organized internally and those that may fit into the Centre’s line of work, organised by third parties, opening the doors to these events to related institutions and organisations from all over the world.

Conferences, seminars, forums, presentations
Attracting speakers from all over the world of the highest intellectual level on current affairs, cultural, historical, medical, educational, etc.

Tourist attention and information
Spain is one of the European countries with the most Islamic historical and artistic heritage. This is a tourist attraction for the growing Muslim tourism, which has a significant economic impact on our city. The Islamic Cultural Centre of Seville aims to be a reference and support in the city for this sector of the tourist market.

Classes
Classes will vary according to demand, with a constant and already established foundation of Quran, Arabic and the basics of Islam, for children and young people. Successful classes for new Muslims and people interested in learning more about Islam will also continue. All those that are appropriate at the time will be added, such as guidance and professional training, history, science, literature, etc.

Workshops
The workshops will be one of the keys to this project. We consider it basic, since it is a great tool for bringing together fellow citizens in a natural and relaxed way. There will be workshops of all kinds, from biological and ethnic cuisine, pastry, ceramics, calligraphy, childbirth and breastfeeding, reading, Andalusian arts, children’s education and a long etc.

Exhibitions, art, photography, calligraphy, cinema, etc.
This service aims to open an artistic and cultural window to the Islamic world and with collaborations with international artists and institutions. We will designate a room where we will keep the exhibitions exhibited within a set schedule, so that there can always be a person as a guide to give light and meaning to what is on display.

Business Office
A space for commercial interaction, business, facilitation and investment between Muslim-majority countries and our city. Where to value and exploit the contacts and connections developed in recent years and those that may come. Working with different entities and local organizations for the promotion and enhancement of our land.

Reception of delegations, authorities, etc.
Being a reference of Islam in Seville, we hope to be able to attract authorities, businessmen and celebrities from the Muslim world to Seville. By making this service available to local authorities and entities.

School and Institute Receptions
The main intention of this service is to show the youngest what Islam is, to make it easier for them to grow up without prejudice and to be an example of respect and coexistence. We will explain what it means to be a Muslim, so that they can differentiate religion from culture and can answer their doubts and concerns.

Courses and camps
Apart from the regular classes there will be intensive and student exchange courses. As well as summer camps, where, taking Seville as a base, we can travel with students throughout the Andalusian legacy.

Market
The market will be held in the gardens of the Cultural Center, in principle once a month. A food and craft market, with special attention to quality, that is attractive to both citizens and visitors and with live music. The market will be free and without a pre-arranged space for exhibitors, open to both visitors and merchants, for the entire city.

Weddings, Pilgrimage to Mecca and Burials
Within our facilities we will designate an office where weddings, pilgrimages to Mecca and burials will be managed. It will be a service for the Muslims of the city.
– At weddings we will only take care of the legal form established by Islamic traditions, making sure that all the requirements are present and providing the required documentation.
– The pilgrimage to Mecca is obligatory for every Muslim, as long as his financial means allow it. By offering this service, our sole purpose is to organize travel packages to facilitate this obligation for the Muslims of our city.
– It is established by the Constitution and Law 26/1992, in which agreements were signed and the rights of Muslims in Spain were recognized, that each person is free to be buried with their rituals in accordance with their beliefs. This service will make available to the family of the deceased a dignified burial as established by the Islamic ritual and complying with the parameters established by Health. Always in collaboration with the Islamic Community of Seville ́Umma ́, who have been managing the Muslim cemetery for more than 30 years.

Translation and Publication of Andalusian texts
Translations, study and search of texts and documents, both current and from the time of the Muslims in Al-Andalus. Always seeking the dissemination of knowledge, making it available to Spanish-speaking people. Office where certified official translations will also be carried out for anyone who requires them.

Community Kitchens
We want to launch the development of a community and social dining room, contributing to covering the basic needs of people with difficulties. Starting with giving a meal every Friday after Jumu’a.

Legal Advice
Both in everything related to Islamic matters, such as the announcement of the beginning and end of Ramadan, marriages or commercial contracts, as well as advice and management on general legal issues.

Medical Section
The future medical services and activities that will form part of the Islamic Cultural Centre of Seville are part of a general framework of dissemination of the Muslim scientific-medical historical heritage with qualified and qualified professionals at the service of Seville society.

The specific objectives would be aimed at:

1. Provision of medical consultation to cover Primary Care medical services. It will be available to the general public and Muslims in particular.
2. Dissemination of the historical-scientific-medical heritage of Medicine in Islam.
3. Creation of a Referential Consultative Body for Muslims on health/social/religious issues, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health of the Regional Government of Andalusia, on Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
4. Creation of an International Council for Health in Islam, which will serve as a global bioethical reference point in health in countries where Muslims live and which can serve as a general reference.

Spaces

We want to make the architectural space of the project not only stand out for its external beauty but also be a constant focus of activity. It will be designed in a way that is welcoming not only to the city’s thousands of Muslims and visitors but to the city’s residents as well. A place open in principles and architecture.

With sustainability in mind, the design will be conceived around the people and their purposes, not the building. And that including architectural aspects of the local centuries-old tradition, represents the present and future of Islam in Europe, adapted to the current times and challenges.

“Allah is Beautiful and loves beauty”

Reception and information
Despite the different areas that the center will have, the reception will be common to all of them, from there all queries that may arise will be attended and resolved.

Prayer Room
Mosque comes from the Arabic word masjid , which means place of prostration. This space intended for the establishment of the five obligatory prayers and the Friday jumu’a should be a large, clean and safe place. With space for both men and women and conditioning for the necessary ablutions before praying.

Conference Room
An active space for the dissemination of knowledge. A room that can be accessed for use by different organizations. It will be equipped with the necessary audiovisual means for the events it hosts.

Exhibition Hall
Multifunctional space for exhibitions and activities, seeking the collaboration of artists and local and international entities, where there can be fixed and traveling exhibitions.

Offices
The offices will be of two types, those for internal use for the direction and management of the Centre and those that make available to the public the services that the Centre will have, both their own and free of charge to related entities that can complement the purposes, services and activities of the centre.

Coworking Space
A space for both locals and international visitors. Where spaces can be rented for the size and time required, fully equipped and with services included.

Library
A library specialized in the dissemination and study of the Islamic world and the Andalusian legacy. It will have a large collection of works in different languages available to all those who want to make use of it, as well as a catalogue for consultation through the internet in order to make it more accessible. Also a quiet place for students.

Community Dining Rooms
The community kitchens will help to meet the needs of visitors, receptions, workers and the possibility of providing service to people with economic difficulties.

Gardens
Nature is a constant throughout the Islamic world, with its gardens and fountains being places of great relevance. The gardens will be a space of public access helping to improve the conditioning and embellishment of the environment where it is located and also a center for events and receptions.

Classrooms / Classes / Workshops / Children
To house the different activities that are to be carried out, the center’s facilities will have classrooms where classes or workshops will be held, spaces for children such as a nursery and multipurpose rooms for the press, conventions and events of all kinds.

Social Space
Space dedicated to covering the most basic needs of the most needy. Through the collection, organization and distribution of food and clothing.

Shops
The idea of making the CCIS self-sufficient requires it to be provided with elements that produce benefits, such as stores, thus generating a productive activity from a socioeconomic point of view. The possibilities are immense and can accommodate almost any type of business.

Restaurant / Café
Either the Centre, or any tenant on their own, will be in charge of setting up a restaurant/cafeteria with the halal label, a concept that is synonymous with healthy, permitted and quality.

Parking
A public car park with the largest possible number of spaces will offer, once again, the option of providing the CCIS with economic means to comfortably carry out the intended tasks, as well as an improvement of the parking options in the area in which it is located.