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Europe’s biggest medieval arsenal discovered

In FUNCI, we want to congratulate our friend and collaborator, the archaeologist Manuel Retuerce, member [...]

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 [...]

The miracle of numbers in the Quran

Even though the miracle of numbers present in the Quran is already known among many [...]

Not of the letter but of the Spirit

This book gathers different manuscripts, some of them already published and others completely new, from [...]

Publishing of “Islamic Madrid. A recovered history”

Last June 11th, the Islamic Culture Foundation participated in the Nights of Ramadan, organized by [...]

Muhammad I, fundador de Madrid

Quinto emir omeya de al-Andalus, Muhammad I fue hijo del emir ‘Abd al-Rahmān II y [...]

Islamic tapestry with figurative scenes

In Islam, figurative designs are, at the least, unadvisable. Some of them, as is the [...]

Passages from the Bible discovered behind Qur’an manuscript

An “extraordinary” discovery by an eagle-eyed scholar has identified the shadowy outlines of passages from [...]

Yazid Kheloufi, spiritual calligraphy

Yazid Kheloufi’s works show an approach to writing as a means of creation, through calligraphy [...]

The notion of knowledge in Islam

This is what the Quran and hadith say about knowledge or science (‘ilm). This term, [...]

Islam and its contribution to democracy

“…One other thing that Islam can contribute to democracy in Europe is the recognition of [...]

Virtual recreation of the mosque of Antequera (Spain)

This video shows a virtual recreation of a rural mosque of the 10th-11th century, created [...]

The Other Al-Andalus — When Muslims and Christians Flourished in Sicily

I sometimes think about the glories of “Islamic Spain,” or Al-Andalus. Starting around 711 and [...]

Inspection of the Andalusi structures underneath the Plaza de los Carros, in Madrid

The Centre for the Study of Islamic Madrid examined an Andalusi qanat and an underground [...]

The Word ‘Allah’ Has Been Discovered Woven Into Viking Burial Clothes

Ancient burial clothes thought to have been woven with typical Viking patterns have, after decades [...]

Mokhtar Film Festival 2017

The 2017 call for the Mokhtar Film Festival has been launched. This Festival is a [...]

The virtual reconstructions directed by Antonio Almagro, in open access

The videos produced by LAAC under the direction of Dr. Antonio Almagro, a collaborator of [...]

Socotra, island of mysteries

Jordi Esteva’s black and white photos show the enigmas of Socotra that wander through his [...]

“Los colores culturales de Marruecos” has been republished

The Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECID) has republished “Los colores culturales de Marruecos” (The [...]

The Twistislamophobia contest has its winners!

After a month of contest, whose goal was to reflect different situations of islamophobia or [...]