How Islam is becoming popular in southern Spain in an area that once formed the last Arab Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula
Granada's Grand Mosque, located in an old Arab quarter called Al-Baicin. / Photo: AA
But his curiosity to question things, he says, led to him being kicked out of his bible class once, after the teacher told him: “You come here to believe, not to ask”. It culminated in visiting the local Mosque in Granada and attending the Madrasa - where he was encouraged to speak and raise any questions that he may have about Islam.
Puertas continued becoming more acquainted with Islam and continuing his research about the religion. In Granada, Pozo who was born into a Muslim-convert family, says there are Shahadahs performed most Fridays among Spaniards and other nationalities, such as the English population living in the region.
“When the lockdown was lifted, they came directly to the Mosque and they undertook Shahada,” says Pozo.In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, Pozo says historically the converts also played a fundamental role in the construction of Granada's Grand Mosque, located in an old Arab quarter called Al Baicin. Paved streets lead up to the Mosque that lies opposite to one of the most famous monuments in Islamic architecture - the historic Alhambra.
As such the Muslim community relocated to Granada in a bid to gain a plot of land to construct their own mosque.Pozo says the discovery of an “old Iberian Wall” stonewalled its construction amid pushback from some locals and leading to a 13 years legal battle.
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