uproar<\/a> as well. But this Friday, the adhan<\/i> (call to prayer) will sound in this historic Islamic city for the first time in 500 years. \u201cThe mosque is to show it is not so strange to have Muslims in Spain,\u201d said Abdul Haqq, a Basque convert to Islam. \u201cWe want to say we are as much Spanish as you are.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/i><\/p>\n
Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n
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