Sunday, August 10, 2008

Viva Espana!

I have never been to Spain before and I surely miss on a great opportunity.

In the eighth century, Muslims ruled this part of the world for almost six hundred years. The Muslim caliphate brought Spain as well as the rest of Europe (and consequently the world) out of the Dark Ages.

Under Muslim Spain, Christians, Jews and Muslims lived side by side with toleration and peacefully coexisted. Jews further enjoyed their Golden Age of Judaism in Andalusia ( Muslim Spain) and reported enjoying rights no other Jews anywhere else enjoyed at the time.

No wonder the Saudi King Abdullah chose Spain, a historical sanctuary of freedom, for an interfaith conference.

Read on to find out more about July 2008 Interfaith Conference in Madrid.