Syria rejects Spanish peace plan, Turkey threatening Assad

Syria sent a special envoy to Syria last month to try to convince Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to accept a peace plan. The plan would have included a grant of asylum for Assad and his family in Spain. Assad turned it down. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero sent Bernardino Leon, who was at the time one of his senior aides, to Damascus in July "to propose a transition plan for

Muslim countries financing Islamic revolution in Spain

You may recall that when I did my first post about the new Gaza shopping mall, al-Andalusyya, I told you a bit about the real Andalusia in Spain. By the way, the mall is called Andaluseyya, a word which most westerners are used to seeing spelled Andalusia. Andalusia is an area in Spain, which was once Muslim. Many Muslims continue to consider Andalusia Dar al-Islam (Islamic territory) and hope to

Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain

Mountain village Malaga Spain