Above image: Shaykh Omar al-Mukhtar, aka. Lion of the Desert, born around 1860 in the village of Zawiyat Janfur, Libya, emerged as a symbol of resistance against Italian colonization as a respected teacher within the Senussi Sufi order. Shaykh Al-Mukhtar led and organized and led guerrilla warfare against the Italian forces. He famously said, “As for me, I will live…
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Islam as Third Way
Islam in the West: Kufr and the Politics of Burial FARAH EL-SHARIF JUL 8 “The earth will then tell its news” — Qur’an 99:4 “And when the girl who was buried alive is asked, for what sin she was killed?” Qur’an 81:8-9 “Islam is neither religion nor materialism; it is a way of life” — Alija Izetbegović “They tried to…
Read MoreCelia Farber on Convivencia
Celia Farber is one of the most notable American journalists of the past 35 years. After achieving mainstream success at age 20, her verve and honesty served her well…until she took on Anthony Fauci and the AIDS industrial complex. By covering both sides of that story—including critiques of the virus-causes-AIDS hypothesis from a long list of distinguished scientists including Peter…
Read MoreConvivencia at the Alhambra
Canadian couple (Christian Iraqi and Punjabi background) in convivencia interview #5 Al-Andalus Tribune The Alhambra in Granada, Spain—the last Muslim stronghold in al-Andalus, which fell to Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492—symbolizes both the lost glories of Islamic Spain, and the ethnic cleansing that gave birth to modern ethno-nationalist Europe. Within a few decades of the fall of Granada, Spanish Muslims…
Read MoreThe New Morabitun Mosque of Granada and the Sensational Practices of Al Andaluz
“Granada. with its tradition of convivencia (coexistence, tolerance), is evidence that historically, Europe has been multi-religious. They (Granada Muslims) see the expulsion of the Muslims and Jews from Spain after 1492 as a form of genocide or ethnic cleansing and the beginning of a long Christian effort to drive Islam beyond Europe’s borders. They resist this attempt to obscure the…
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