Al-Andalus Tribune Substack By Kevin Barrett, for Al-Andalus Tribune It is said that by the invocation of God (dhikru ‘Lláh) a believer attains such peace of soul that the great terror on Resurrection Day cannot sadden him; how then could he be disturbed by whatever trials and misfortunes may befall him in this world? So be constant in the invocation…
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By Kevin Barrett From where I live it costs seven dollars and fifty cents to get to Spain. Starting at home in Saidia, Morocco, I spent a dollar on a petit taxi ride to the grand taxi station; five dollars for an hour-long grand taxi ride to Nador; fifty cents for a city bus to the border of the Spanish…
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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…
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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…
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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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Read the transcript by clicking “transcript” above the video image at the Al-Andalus Tribune Substack. More information at Sheikh Imran Hosein’s Youtube channel.
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YouTube link Hatim Belhouari is a Moroccan composer and electronic music artist known for his innovative blend of downtempo, abstract hip-hop, and electronic genres. His music often features introspective themes and intricate soundscapes.
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Associated Press BY SAM METZ AND AKRAM OUBACHIR Updated 2:37 PM GMT+1, May 4, 2025 Share TANGIER, Morocco (AP) — More than a year of protests over Morocco’s decision to normalize ties with Israel has emboldened activists and widened a gap between the decisions of the government and the sentiments of the governed. The fury has spilled into the country’s…
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People are more likely to follow rules of good behavior if they can directly sense, intuit, or even know that there is a divine Reality behind those rules. Mysticism teaches direct encounters with the Reality at the heart of religion.
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