Loading ...The Arabs Who Left Their Mark on Colombia
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer “Nashara al-Islam bi-khawafiq al-aclam (Islam spread under waving banners).” I could not believe my eyes as I read these words etched in Arabic on a church bell preserved in the Palacio de la Inquisición in Cartagena – Colombia’s foremost resort. It was dated 1317 A.D. and presumably brought to … Continued