I pondered for a while where to post this. Religion or the World section but I decided for the “world” because it seems it has international and not only Islamic value.
Excerpt and the link are below.
After an absence of almost 500 years, the Adhan (call to prayer) and the muezzin’s cry of ‘Allahu akbar’ (God is greatest) will ring out Thursday, July 10, from the minaret of the Great Mosque of Granada,
Nice. Must have been some sight for those who have read about teh past and were present to witness this. any idea if there is a clip of that available?
Interesting thread, Fayax.
Here’s another article regarding the same topic:
After 500 years, Granada’s Muslims get their mosque, Isambard Wilkinson
The Telegraph, 8 July 2003
The call will echo again calling the faithful after 500 years of being mute…:k:
Here’s a picture of it:
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The white tower of the new mosque, center, rises above the other buildings in Granada, southern Spain, after it was opened Thursday July 10, 2003. The new four million Euro Grand Mosque of Granada, the first to be built in Spain in more than 500 years, opened Thursday for prayer, crowning a fitful and emotionally charged project that began in 1981. According to government figures, there are about 500,000 muslims in Spain out of a population of 40 million. (Source).
^^The architecture is Moorish...;)
MashAllah...
Al-hamdulillah. Whoever gave the first Azaan must be lucky.
Wonderful news. Finally the local Spanish Muslims are being heard and the world can now know what the catholic church did 500 years ago. Ethnic Cleansing, forced conversions and they celebrate that till this day. Shameful.
Once the spaniards learnt how to do ethnic cleansing and spreading christianty by the sword, they practiced it on the American continent. The proof is very evident.
Maybe now we will learn about the real great Spanish people. The Spanish Muslims and their glorious 800 years of rule in Spain.
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*Originally posted by xguru: *
Wonderful news. Finally the local Spanish Muslims are being heard and the world can now know what the catholic church did 500 years ago. Ethnic Cleansing, forced conversions and they celebrate that till this day. Shameful.
Once the spaniards learnt how to do ethnic cleansing and spreading christianty by the sword, they practiced it on the American continent. The proof is very evident.
Maybe now we will learn about the real great Spanish people. The Spanish Muslims and their glorious 800 years of rule in Spain.
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I hate Spain
Wow the Spaniards used to be world leading bigots, rapists and killers.
Forget about what they did to the Muslim and Jewish population of Spain, but they almost single-handedly wiped the indigenous Native South and Central American civilizations of the face of the earth forever. Can you believe it, entire cities. Cultures and languages with thousands of years of history and the Spaniards within a hundred or so years of war completely annihilated them.
In my opinion it is one of histories greatest crimes that is almost never acknowledged. Perhaps because the victims no longer exist.
And they call Muslims terrorists, how ludicrous is that?
Here is an inside picture of it, I think.
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Allah Akbar!
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*Originally posted by Islamabad: *
Here is an inside picture of it, I think.
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Allah Akbar!
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there are so many muslims living in Spain