Category Archives: Articles
Articles
Judaization of Andalusia. Falsifying ancient history for modern ideological ends
The following article addresses the historical misrepresentation of the memory of al-Andalus in terms of [...]
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Articles
Al-Muṣāra: the Marinid royal citadel in Fez
The study of almunias in the Maghreb and al-Andalus intensified more than 10 years ago [...]
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Communications
RAMADAN KAREEM
We wish you a month of Ramadan filled with peace, serenity and health, in which [...]
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CEMI at FITUR 2025
On 22 January, the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI) participated in the Madrid stand at the [...]
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Calligraphy to illustrate the everyday life
Calligraphy has historically held a prominent role as a form of artistic expression in the [...]
Nov
Isabelle Eberhardt, writer, nomad and feminist
Rather than perpetuate the romanticised image of the Orient commonplace in 19th century literature, writer [...]
Oct
Al-Andalus’ Naturalists and the Mediterranean
The orientalization of the science of Al-Andalus was essential for the later development of the [...]
Oct
Hasankeyf: a good bye to a millennial city
Progress and development are two terms commonly used to justify the destruction of heritage and [...]
Aug
Muhammad, Republican Revolutionary?
In 17th-century England, talking about Islam was a way of criticising the powers that be. [...]
Jul
Maslama al-Mayriti, Maslama of Madrid
The current capital of Spain is rooted in the Al-Andalus period. Between the years 852 [...]
Jul
Al-Idrisi, the Book of Roger, and the importance of water
Abu Addullah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Addallah ibn Idrisi (1099-1166) was the creator of one [...]
Jul
The contribution of the Arab-Islamic civilization yesterday and today
Last May 9th, the Islamic Culture Foundation participated in the conference “Europe plural and mixed”, [...]
May
The hidden Islamic history of Madrid revealed
We portray underneath a brief story on the Islamic origins of Madrid published by reporter [...]
May
The forgotten history of al-Mayriti
This article, by the Spanish Newspaper El Confidencial, offers a first approach to Maslama al-Mayriti, [...]
Apr
An epistemological reparation of the Andalusi agronomy
The “Modernity/Colonial” movement is a line of thought appeared in South America at the beginning [...]
Apr
The heritage of Notre Dame – less European than people think
On Monday, as Notre Dame burned before our eyes, it was striking to note how few [...]
Apr
Culture beyond borders: the amazigh past of the Canary Islands
The theory of the amazigh origin of the Canary Islands’ population is increasingly confirmed, thanks [...]
Apr
Not of the Letter but of the Spirit
Review by the philologist and Historian María Jesús Viguera Molíns (University Complutense of Madrid) for [...]
Feb
The Influence of the Islamic Civilization in Europe
The Spanish institution Casa Árabe launched, last January 14th, an interesting series of conferences under [...]
Jan
Ten million euros to unearth the history of Islam in Europe
The Spanish researcher Mercedes García Arenal, specialized in the history of the Moorish, leads this [...]
Dec
Europe’s biggest medieval arsenal discovered
In FUNCI, we want to congratulate our friend and collaborator, the archaeologist Manuel Retuerce, member [...]
Dec
Medina Azahara grows to the east of the Caliphal Palace
A Spanish-Germany archaeological team has found, in a new excavated area, a big administrative building [...]
Oct
The miracle of numbers in the Quran
Even though the miracle of numbers present in the Quran is already known among many [...]
Sep
Not of the letter but of the Spirit
This book gathers different manuscripts, some of them already published and others completely new, from [...]
Jul