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The extinction of the Zahiri doctrine in Al-Andalus and the Islamic West (Maghreb): Political, Social, and Jurisprudential Factors

September 1, 2025 Associate Editor

By: Soukaina Ait-Elfakih | Islamonline.net The influence of the Islamic East persisted over the Islamic West and Al-Andalus until the political separation of both regions. Subsequently, the Islamic West and Al-Andalus emerged as new entities, embracing a distinct Fiqh doctrine and political strategy compared to the East. The jurisprudential mentality formed in Al-Andalus and the Islamic West in the Maliki…

Echoes of Al-Andalus: Understanding the rebirth of Arabic language and culture in present-day Spain

August 31, 2025 Associate Editor

By: Lara Gibson | Date: June 13, 2025 | Newarab.com On a drive from Valencia to Alicante, I noticed a striking pattern — many place names sounded Arabic. I drove past towns called ‘Alfafar’, ‘Algemensi’, ‘Alcàsser’, and ‘Alzira’. That’s no coincidence: Alicante, for example, stems from al-Laqant, a name dating back to the Al-Andalus period when Arabic was the lingua…

The Myth of the Myth of the Andalusian Paradise

July 31, 2025July 31, 2025 Associate Editor

By: S.J. Pearce | Iberian-connections.yale.edu Since Washington Irving’s embassy to Spain (1826-1829) and his subsequent publication of stories and essays collected under the title “Tales of the Alhambra”, American readers, artists, and politicians have imagined and drawn inspiration from the medieval period of Spain’s history—before Spain was Spain as such. Anglophone fascination has continued through the contemporary period, often standing…

Albus in Albis: The Dissident Right’s ‘Islam Question’ in Archaeo-Futurist Perspective

July 28, 2025July 29, 2025 Editor

Albus in Albis The Dissident Right’s ‘Islam Question’ in Archaeo-Futurist Perspective from Alexander Wolfheze, Rupes Nigra. An Archaeo-Futurist Countdown in Twelve Essays (Arktos: London, 2021 – pp. 431-444) True White In American public discourse, the racial qualifier ‘Caucasian’ tends to substantially, but not fully, overlap with the qualifier ‘White’: strictly speaking, the former term is considerably wider than the…

Algeria At 62: From Revolution To Rebuilding A Republic

July 7, 2025 Editor

By: Outlook Web Desk | July 7, 2025 | Outlook India On July 5, 1962, Algeria formally declared its independence from French colonial rule, bringing an end to 132 years of occupation and nearly eight years of armed struggle. Today, as the nation marks its 62nd Independence Day, it stands not only as one of the youngest republics in North…

Bad Rulers in Medieval Seville

July 5, 2025July 6, 2025 Editor

By N.A. Miller | April 5, 2025 | Classy Arabic Al-Aʿmā al-Tuṭaylī, whose nickname means “the blind man of Tudela,” was actually born in Seville to parents from Tudela, in present-day Navarre in northeastern Spain. He was born blind and died relatively young, around the age of 40. He was a professional poet, and most of his ouevre is panegryic…

Algeria’s Cities and Sands

July 4, 2025July 6, 2025 Editor

By: unbranded | June 25, 2025 | MSN Soar over the captivating beauty of Algeria with this stunning drone footage, showcasing its vast deserts, rugged mountains, vibrant cities, and the architectural splendor of its ancient heritage sites. See video

Translating works into Arabic provides window into Chinese culture

July 1, 2025 Editor

By Yang Yang | June 20, 2025 | China Daily Traditional Chinese medicine, history, technological innovations, and Chinese philosophy are the most searched topics on a China-themed encyclopedia platform among 22 Arabic-speaking countries and regions, according to a session about the achievements of the partnership between the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House and Lebanese publishing house Digital Future at the…

Seven wonders within Tunis

June 29, 2025 Editor

By: Anthony Dennis | May 17, 2025 | smh.com.au Flush with incredible protected ruins, bustling souks and beautiful coastal villages, this vibrant North African capital has a rich and turbulent history. Read the full article

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

June 24, 2025 Editor

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.…