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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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“Gardens of Al-Andalus”, renovated
Our most symbolic exhibition “Gardens of Al-Andalus” refuses to disappear. With the passing of years [...]
Apr
FUNCI signs a collaboration agreement with Madrid City Council
Last March 5th, FUNCI signed a collaboration agreement with the Environment and Mobility Area of [...]
Mar
The notion of knowledge in Islam
This is what the Quran and hadith say about knowledge or science (‘ilm). This term, [...]
Mar
Islam and its contribution to democracy
“…One other thing that Islam can contribute to democracy in Europe is the recognition of [...]
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 [...]
Mar
We participate in the Spanish-Arab Book Fair
On March 15th-17th, 2018, the Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation will hold, in Seville, [...]
Mar
FUNCI at a Congress on Human Rights
During their last stay in Doha, in February 2018, two of FUNCI’s representatives, Encarna Gutiérrez [...]
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 [...]
Feb
Guided visits to the Islamic Madrid
Discover the unknown history of Madrid through the footprints and remains that gave it birth. [...]
Jan
The best recommendation for 2018
We wish the best for 2018 with this wise and beautiful hadith, or tradition of [...]
Dec
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 [...]
Nov
Dogs in Islamic culture and the Muslims’ perception
Dogs in Islam, as they are in Rabbinic Judaism, are conventionally thought of as ritually [...]
Oct
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 [...]
Oct
Happy Great Feast 1438/2017
“Beyond the sacrifice of the lamb, the Aid al-Adha reminds us that the real sacrifice [...]
Sep
Mokhtar Film Festival 2017
The 2017 call for the Mokhtar Film Festival has been launched. This Festival is a [...]
Sep
Eid Mubarak Said
FUNCI team wish you a joyful and peaceful end of Ramadan feast 2017 with your [...]
Sep
Mayrit, bridge for peace, a new FUNCI’s project
FUNCI, along with Madrid’s city council, is launching a project to recover the heritage and [...]
Sep
FUNCI has participated at the “World Forum on Urban Violence”
The Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI) has participated at the “World Forum on Urban Violence and [...]
Sep
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 [...]
Sep
Project ‘Islam and Constitutionalism: an open dialogue’
Last 11th and 12th June, FUNCI participated in the XVIII Congress of the Muslim and [...]
Sep