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Spain’s capitulation: Seville will have its first mosque in 700 years after the Reconquista

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Seville, a city with a deeply Catholic tradition, will have its first mosque in 700 years, Defend Europa reports. The southern Spanish city has an interesting history, with important and curious events. This event, however, has gone unnoticed by the majority of Spaniards and Sevillians, as well as most of the media. Perhaps in the eyes of Sevillians, it is considered part of the “innocent” game... 

Muslim leader wants Spanish King to apologise for defeating Islam in 1492

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King Felipe II of Spain. A few days ago, the new president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Abrader, demanded that King Felipe VI ask for forgiveness for the conquest by Spain, and now a mosque in Seville is doing the same but for the Reconquista (the Reconquest, when the Muslim rulers were driven out of Andalusia-Spain). The Ishbilia mosque has published a post on Facebook under the name of the Islamic... 

Streets littered with rubble as 6.1 quake strikes off coasts of Spain, Morocco

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An earthquake registering 6.1 on the Richter scale has struck the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Morocco. Buildings have been damaged by the quake, which was felt in Spanish cities, including Seville and Malaga. The earthquake struck in the early morning around 160km south east of Malaga and 62km north of the Moroccan city of Al Hoceima, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports, as cited by AFP. The... 
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