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International Conference on Abu Madyam

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Start:
24 November 2016
End:
27 November 2016

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In commemoration of the 900th anniversary of the birth of Abu Madyam, one of the most important figures of the Andalusian world, the Cantillana Town Hall has organised a series of events to commemorate the birth of Abu Madyam, one of the most important figures of the Andalusian world. International Conference on the life and work of the Sufi Abu Madyam. The city council, the Fundación Tres Culturas and the University of Seville are participating in this conference, which will take place on the following days 24, 25 and 26 November at the Casa de la Cultura in Cantillana.

The conference is academic in nature and free registration is open on the website: www.cantillana.es. Attendance at these conferences will be counted as free configuration credits for the university community, and professors specialising in the philosophy of the Sufi world will contribute their knowledge of the subject.

With the aim of reaching all citizens, the organisation will fill the November agenda with concerts, theatre and an exhibition of 300 pieces related to Abu Madyam, on loan from Dr. Mohamed Baghli under the name 'The path of a humble shepherd'. This exhibition aims to take a journey through the most outstanding passages of his life, from his childhood in Cantillana to his pilgrimage in the heat of knowledge, from the masters who marked his work and his philosophy until he reached Tlemcen and Bugia in Algeria, the country where he settled. Abu Madyam is, today, the Patron Saint of Algeria and his tomb is located there, which is a place of pilgrimage in an Andalusian-style architectural complex with a mausoleum, mosque, madrasa and baths.

If you want to know the content of the conferences and the different activities programmed, you can consult the following website link.

Biography ABU MADYAM (Cantillana, 1116 - Tremecén, 1198)

Abu Madyan was a Sufi of Andalusian originborn in Cantillana in 1116, into a modest family in al-Andalus. He was orphaned as a child and had to work for his brothers as a shepherd. The truth is that from a young age he felt a desire for knowledge, running away from home to embark in Algeciras to the other side of the Mediterranean.
In Ceuta he was a fisherman and in Marrakech he was forced to enlist in the sultan's personal guard. When he was able, he went to Fez, where he began his Koranic studies. There he trained with great scholars in the Islamic sciences, including Ibn Hirzihim o Abu Galib.
He later met Abu Ya'za, with whom he attained spiritual fulfilment and became the teacher of other Sufis.
When his master Abu Ya'za died, he left for the East, but he settled in Bejaia (1177), where there was an important community of Andalusian emigrants. admonition sessions, where they dealt with various issues related to doctrinal or political matters.
Abu Madyan was never well regarded by the religious and political authorities, as he advocated social justice and claimed the need for sincerity in social and political leaders. For him the real sultans were the poor or Sufis. Such was his impact that his fame spread throughout the Maghreb and al-Andalus. In Tremecén he has been considered its patron saint since his death, after his death in 1198.
For more information visit the website of Cantillana Town Council.