Category Archives: Articles

An epistemological reparation of the Andalusi agronomy

The “Modernity/Colonial” movement is a line of thought appeared in South America at the beginning [...]

23
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 [...]

19
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 [...]

02
Apr
Not of the Letter but of the Spirit

Review by the philologist and Historian María Jesús Viguera Molíns (University Complutense of Madrid) for [...]

05
Feb
The Influence of the Islamic Civilization in Europe

The Spanish institution Casa Árabe launched, last January 14th, an interesting series of conferences under [...]

25
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 [...]

21
Dec
Europe’s biggest medieval arsenal discovered

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

21
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 [...]

24
Oct
The miracle of numbers in the Quran

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

06
Sep
Not of the letter but of the Spirit

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

23
Jul
Publishing of “Islamic Madrid. A recovered history”

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

26
Jun
Muhammad I, fundador de Madrid

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

11
Jun
Islamic tapestry with figurative scenes

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

11
May
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 [...]

10
May
Yazid Kheloufi, spiritual calligraphy

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

20
Apr
The notion of knowledge in Islam

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

15
Mar
Islam and its contribution to democracy

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

12
Mar
Virtual recreation of the mosque of Antequera (Spain)

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

09
Mar
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 [...]

15
Feb
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 [...]

14
Nov