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FUNCI signs an agreement for the enhancement of Rabat’s heritage
We are pleased to announce that the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI), represented by its president, [...]
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News
MEMOLab and FUNCI in a research project on the hydraulics of the Tagus River
Archaeologists from the University of Granada and the Centre for the Study of Islamic Toledo [...]
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Articles
Mahmud Ali Makki: poet of dialogue between cultures
With this article, written by Mohamed Gomaa Tawfik, we remember Dr. Mahmud Ali Makki, a [...]
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Notes of history
Qabbani and al-Bayati: two Arab poets in Madrid
Rosa Isabel Martínez Lillo (Autonomous University of Madrid) Two poets and the same city. Two [...]
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Articles Publications
Publication of ‘La madina olvidada’.
Since the creation in 2017 of the Centre for Studies on Islamic Madrid (CEMI), a [...]
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Why Do We Need “Islamic Feminism”?
The Observatory of Islamophobia in the Media recovers this article published by the anthropologist Ziba [...]
Jun
Ivan Agueli, a painter against Islamophobia
Review of the book Anarchist, Artist, Sufi: The Politics, Painting, and Esotericism of Ivan Aguéli, [...]
Jun
Leonardo Fibonacci and the Indo-Arabic mathematics of nature
Counting the petals of a flower in any of the botanical gardens in the Med-O-Med [...]
May
Al-Andalus: Multiculturalism, Tolerance and Convivencia
By Dr. Mohamed Chtatou 10/05/2021 Settled in the Iberian Peninsula since the eighth century, the [...]
May
The Crusades: between religion and politics, fiction and reality
The Crusades shaped the European Middle Ages, providing this chapter of History with an abundant [...]
Apr
Ramadan unifies the Islamic Ummah in belief, thought and practice
Mohamed Chtatou – Université Internationale de Rabat Instituted in Medina in the year 624, the [...]
Apr
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid: a woman who made a mark in history
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (خديجة بنت خويلد ), the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad, was [...]
Mar
The emergence of the Rihla or travel literature
“Travelling – it leaves you speechless and then turns you into a storyteller”, Ibn Battuta [...]
Feb
Victor Hugo and his poetry against Islamophobia
Even if Victor Hugo is internationally known for his literature, his poetry and his positions [...]
Feb
Andalusia, mon amour, part 2
This is the second part of Dr. Chtatou’s text on Al-Andalus, its history and development. [...]
Jan
Muslim women of Castile
Due to its gender identity and its religious option, the Muslim women of Castile were [...]
Dec
Uzbekistan, Pearl of the Eastern Muslim world
At the crack of dawn, bright summer sunshine basking the city of Tashkent — the [...]
Dec
The Spread of Islam in Ancient Africa
Article written by Mark Cartwright and originally published in Ancient.eu on May 2019. Following the conquest of [...]
Nov
Andalusia, mon amour, part 1
Al-Andalus in Andalusia Dr Mohamed Chtatou Andalusia is the seduction of Spain. It is believed [...]
Nov
Astonishing mosques in China
China has an ambiguous stance in regards to institutionalized faith. On the one hand, the [...]
Oct
Ibn ‘Arabi, the Andalusian Sufi Prince of Humility
Sufism designates the effort of internalization of the Qur’anic Revelation, the break with the purely [...]
Oct
Ibn al-Haytham and the rays of ligth
Ibn al-Haytham saw what no other scientist from the Greco-Roman era was able to see [...]
Sep
Amazigh Identity in Morocco and Algeria
The Amazighs are the oldest inhabitants of North Africa, a proof of that is their [...]
Aug
The Cambridge Mosque garden, a balm for the soul
A year since the ‘eco-mosque’ opened, Islamic garden specialist Emma Clark explains the traditional principles [...]
Jul
Moroccan photographers sticking their neck out
Twelve Moroccan photographers have joined forces in order to contribute the COVID-19 fight in their [...]
Jun