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Piece of the month: the “Taller del Moro”
Throughout the month of March, thanks to the collaboration between the Centre for Studies on [...]
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CEMI’s participation in the “Medina” program of RTVE
Last January, the Centre for the Study of Islamic Madrid (CEMI), a project of the [...]
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Solidarity and sharing in the Arab-Islamic world
The Big Contradiction Amongst the topics that come up often in debates, newspapers, news, talk [...]
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Surnames of Arabic origin
The Arab legacy in the Iberian Peninsula can be seen through multiple and diverse aspects, [...]
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Presentation of the book “Madrid islámico. La historia recuperada” (Islamic Madrid. A recovered history)
For the second time in a row, the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNC) is participating in [...]
Jun
Cherif Abderrahman Jah and the “Gardens of al-Andalus”
The Qur’anic Botanic Garden (QBG), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has launched its ‘Gardens [...]
May
Islamic tapestry with figurative scenes
In Islam, figurative designs are, at the least, unadvisable. Some of them, as is the [...]
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 [...]
May
Yazid Kheloufi, spiritual calligraphy
Yazid Kheloufi’s works show an approach to writing as a means of creation, through calligraphy [...]
Apr
“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