Reclaiming Al-Andalus

Ziauddin Sardar sides with the philosophers of al-Andalus in their struggle with orthodox theologians, Robin Yassin-Kassab goes on a poetic journey, Nazry Bahrawi reveals how the Andalusi philosophers tamed the secular, Gema Martin Munoz is dismayed by the works of the Spanish Orientalists, Emilio Gonzalez-Ferrin argues that al-Andalus is not just a time past but also a time present, Martin Carr explores the plight of Muslims who were forced to convert to Christianity, David Shasha describes the achievements of Sephardic Jews, Cherif Abderrahman Jah tunes into the musical legacy of al-Andalus, Brad Bullock seeks to empower women, Marvine Howe meets the new Muslims of Iberia, Jordi Sarra del Pino vows to resist Spain's new Reconquista, Alev Adil and Aamer Hussein receive nine postcards from Andalusia, Boyd Tonkin is captivated by a book festival in Granada, Zara Amjad and Gulzar Haider reimagine the Cordoba Mosque as a sacred space for all religions, and Merryl Wyn Davies gets the shivers while listening to the Spanish tenor Jose Carreras belting out 'Granada'.

In this issue

  • The Window of Enlightenment
    Issue 06 Reclaiming Al-Andalus

    The Original Enlightenment

    History, wrote the Roman Catholic saint Gregory of Nyssa (335-395), is a non-stop sequence of new beginnings. Some sixteen centuries later, we are…

    Emilio Gonzalez-Ferrin
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    The Andalusi Dozen

    Three monotheistic faiths lived and thrived side by side for eight centuries, from 711 when Muslims first entered the Iberian Peninsula to their…

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    Culture

    Muslim Dogs

    It was a packed London underground train, so social interaction was already set at a glacial minimum –the standard non-communication of a…

    Barnaby Rogerson
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