The mosque named “Mezquita Mayor de Granada” (Grand Mosque of Granada) is hosting iftar dinners in which people are served with dates and Moroccan Harira soup.<\/p>\n
Mosque’s Secretary-General Zacarias Lopez Rejon told Anadolu Agency that they broke Sunday’s fast with milk and dates, while Harira soup was served after Taraweeh prayer.<\/p>\n
“After the evening prayer, we perform Taraweeh prayer. During the whole month, Quran is read from beginning to end twice,” Rejon said.<\/p>\n
Rejon said that the mosque’s construction was started by Granada\u2019s Muslim community 30 years ago when his father converted to Islam.<\/p>\n
“We had difficulties in construction of the mosque. The process took a long time because of financial and political reasons. Finally the mosque was inaugurated for worship in 2003,” Rejon said.<\/p>\n
Rejon added that they need financial assistance from the whole world to keep maintaining the mosque.<\/p>\n
Muhammed Ibrahim Perez, a mosque visitor who is in his 60s, said Muslims in Granada have an important place in terms of local, national and international aspect.<\/p>\n
Perez said that Ramadan is the best and awaited month of the year.<\/p>\n
Southern city of Granada was a land of the Andalusian Umayyad for eight centuries until the Granada War in 1492, when the Muslims lost their all power in Spain.<\/p>\n
After the Spanish victory, Granada was annexed to Castile, a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n
This war was a part of “Reconquista”, which means reconquest.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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