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Convivencia Is Coming: “We Can Override These Little Bumps in History”

Convivencia interview #4 with Abu Isa in Cordoba We’re here at the Grand Mosque in Córdoba with Abu Isa talking about convivencia. Abu Isa, do you think that convivencia—good relationships between different groups such as Jews, Christians, and Muslims—is possible in today’s world? 100% and absolutely. I think we are stronger together and we can learn from each other. And…

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“Palestine Is Suffering…Come Back and Live in Spain”

By: Kevin Barrett | June 24, 2025 | kevinbarrett.substack.com We are traveling the length of historic al-Andalus, from Barcelona to Zaragoza to today’s Andalusia (southern Spain) asking ordinary people about convivencia. What is convivencia? It’s a friendlier term for “coexistence” that was originally used to describe the strikingly positive relationship between Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities in Islamic Spain a.k.a.…

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Double Standards Make US Unfit for Leadership

Convivencia interview #2: Zaragoza, Spain. We are traveling the length of historic al-Andalus, from Barcelona to Zaragoza to today’s Andalusia (southern Spain) asking ordinary people about convivencia. What is convivencia? It’s a friendlier term for “coexistence” that was originally used to describe the strikingly positive relationship between Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities in Islamic Spain a.k.a. Al-Andalus. Today’s interviewee is…

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U of Tehran’s Dr. Setareh Sadeghi: Netanyahu has underestimated Iran

University of Tehran Professor of World Studies Dr. Setareh Sadeghi joins The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal to discuss the defiant response she has witnessed from Iranian society as Israel’s unprovoked assault targets a growing number of civilians in a rabid push for regime change. Sadeghi explains the political and social factors that account for Iranians’ resilience in the face of Israeli…

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Friday The 13th – Western Inspired Sectarian Myth Finally Met Islamic Reality

By Mohamed Ousman | Dhu al-Hijjah 20, 1446 | Crescent International In western superstition and mythology when the 13th day of the month on the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday it is considered a bad luck day. In Islam there is no such thing as luck, be it good or bad. Actions determine outcomes. Those who partake in righteous…

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As tourism soars in Morocco, so do calls for responsibility

By: Gwendydd Vaillié | June 6, 2025 | Yabiladi.com With 17.4 million visitors in 2024, Morocco has become Africa’s top tourist destination, breaking records year after year. But at what cost to the land and its people? On the International Day of Responsible Tourism, voices like Said Marghadi’s—founder of the Touda ecolodge in Aït Bouguemez—call for a new approach that puts…

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Harmony of civilizations

By Xu Lin | May 30, 2025 | China Daily China and Tunisia have created an enduring legacy through vibrant artistic and trade exchanges across centuries, Xu Lin reports. China’s over 5,000-year civilization, with its diverse elements that have formed a unity, and Tunisia’s layered heritage — rooted in indigenous Berber traditions and overlaid with Phoenician, Roman and Arab influences…

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Yahya Michot (1952–2025): Remembering a European Muslim Academic

By: Bheria | Date: May 29, 2025 | Muslimskeptic.com I learned relatively late, just a month or so ago, that Yahya Michot had returned to his Creator the day after ‘Id al-Fitr. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. Though his name might not be widely recognized among the Muslim masses in the Anglosphere, Yahya Michot was a very significant figure…

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