The Golden Age of Spain lasted from 711 until 1492 CE. Muslims migrated from Arabia across the straights of Gibraltar to the ...

The towering minaret symbolizes a beacon of peace and tranquility.” Some Muslims, especially older ones born in other countries, see a mosque without a minaret as incomplete.

Work started this summer on the minaret, an Islamic tower akin to a bell tower in Christianity and focal point for many mosques around the world. As of this week, it took Sivac, the mosque’s ...