Happy New Year 1430!

We wish to the Umma, to the Muslim Community in Basqueland and all over the world,

a Happy New Year 1430.

Muslim guide of Bilbao

Mosques and prayer rooms:

Mezquita Assalam. Begoñazpi, 1, 48006 Bilbao.
Tél. 94.416.60.96 /665 742 737
Mezquita Badr. C/ Fika, 12, 48006 Bilbao
Mezquita Al Furqan. Cortes, 3, Bilbao (San Francisco area)
Senegalian prayer room: C/Amparo (Zabala), Bilbao (San Francisco)

Islamic associations:
Assabil. Centro Sociocultural Islámico del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Zentro Soziokultural Islamiarra. http://www.islambilbao.org/ . info@islambilbao.org
Begoñazpi, 1, 48006 Bilbao- Tél. 94.416.60.96 /665.742.737
Bidaya. Association of Young Muslimah. e-mail: bidayaelkartea@yahoo.es and Mosque Assalam

Halal food shops:
Carnicería "Al Azhar"C/ Hernani 14, 48003-Bilbao Tél. : 94-415 05 42
Carnicería-Harategia " Al Quds", C/ Dos de mayo, 14, 48003-Bilbao
Tél.: 616.812.154/676.507.354
Carnicería "Africa"C/ Iturribide, 14Carnicería Halal, C/ Iturribide, 24.
Carnicería "Bader"C/ San Francisco, 39
Alimentación-FruteríaC/ San Francisco, 16, 48003-Bilbao
Alimentación-FruteríaC/ San Francisco, 26, 48003-Bilbao
Carnicería-charcutería "Farouk"C/ Dos de Mayo, 22, 48003-Bilbao

Alimentación Farouk-2, at García Salazar street, Bilbao

Restaurants:

Restaurant "Al Yazira", C/Dos de Mayo, 24, 48003 Bilbao

Restaurant "Al Quds", C/ Dos de Mayo, 26, 48003 Bilbao
Restaurant "Marhaba", C/ Bailén (close to San Francisco street)

Restaurant "Al Baraka"C/ San Francisco (in front of "El Azhar")

Restaurant "El Azhar",C/ San Francisco, 13, 48003- Bilbao, Tél. : 94 416 84 14
Hamburger Halal, C/ San Francisco, 41
"Restaurant Arabe Halal", C/ San Francisco, 69
Restaurante "Elouahda"C/Carniceria Vieja, 27 (Casco Viejo/Old city), Bilbao. Tél.: 94-415 93 99

Pizzeria Bella Italia, C/ Iturribide, 7. Tél.: 94 479 01 13 / 691 572 308
Pizzeria Halal, C/San Francisco, in front of the Museo de Reproducciones

Arabic courses:

- Mosque Assalam.

- Euskal-Libiatar Kultur Zentroa/Centro Cultural Vasco-Libio(arabe@euskalnet.net)
- Munduko Emakumeak-Babel/Mujeres del Mundo,C/ Fika, 5, 48006 Bilbao(mujeresbabel@latinmail.com)

- Asociación "EL FARO"C/ Ercilla, 8, 1ºdcha, 4009 Bilbao, ecsom@ecsom.com, Tél. 946611442-652754228
- UPV/EHU (University of the Basque Country). For more information: Departemento de árabe de la Facultad de Filología y Geografía e Historia in Vitoria/Gasteiz

- University of Deusto. Languages department.

Libraries:
- Centro municipal de San Francisco. C/Plaza Corazón de María, tél. 94.415.73.37

Book stores, bazaar and other stores:

- Librería-Bazar An-Nur, C/Dos de Mayo, 48006 Bilbao

- Librairie Litterae Mundi: C/ Dos de Mayo, 16, 48003 Bilbao. Tel. 94 416 38 69, http://www.litteraemundi.com/ .
- Ciberlocutorio Sous, C/Prim, 43, 48006 Bilbao
- Bazar Al Hamra, C/San Francisco

Internet:
http://www.islambilbao.org/
http://wwwislamgurea.blogspot.com/

Tourism:
- Arab Room in the Bilbao City Hall Bilbao. Place Ernesto Erkoreka.

The muslim Community in the Basque Country

The muslim Community was born in the Basque Country in the 70s and the 80s. The Mosque Badr was created in Bilbao in 1985. But the great development of our Community starts since 1995-2000.

In 2008 we are about 40000 muslims living in the called Autonomous Community of Basqueland. We are about 1% of the Basque population (2,2 millions). About 10000 muslims live in Navarre. There is a muslim Community in the french Pays Basque, with a mosque in Bayonne.

In the Bilbao area we are about 6000-10000. Here since 2005 we celebrate the Aid al Fitr and the Aid al Adha in La Casilla public sport centre. And since recently Bilbao muslims have, al hamdu lillah, the first islamic cemitery in Basqueland, located in Derio.

The Islamic Communities in Basqueland

THE BASQUE COUNTRY´S ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES UNION:
C/ BEGOÑAZPI, 1 - C.P. 48006 BILBAO

ALAVA:
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA DE VITORIA, MEZQUITA ANNOUR, SAN VICENTE DE PAUL, 19, BAJO, VITORIA-GASTEIZ
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA DE VITORIA, MEZQUITA AL-TAQUA, PINTORERIA, 33, BAJO, VITORIA-GASTEIZ
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA SUNNA, C/ BARRANCAL, Nº 10, BAJO - VITORIA-GASTEIZ

BISCAYE:
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA DE BIZKAIA - MEZQUITA ASSALAM / BIZKAIKO ISLAMIAR KOMUNITATEA - MESKITA ASSALAM, BEGOÑAZPI, 1 - 48006 BILBAO
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA MEZQUITA BADR, FICA, 12, BILBAO
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA MEZQUITA AL FURQAN, C/CORTES ( in San Francisco area), BILBAO
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA MEZQUITA ANOR, C/ SAN ROQUE, Nº 13, Bajo - ERMUA
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA MEZQUITA EL HODA, AVDA. GUIPUZCOA, 17, bajo - ERMUA
COMUNIDAD ISLÁMICA DE DURANGALDEA- AXURA/DURANGALDEKO ISLAMIAR KOMUNITATEA-AXURA, (/ TRAÑABARREN, 7, bajo, Matiena

GUIPUZCOA:
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA MEZQUITA ARRAHMA, C/ JARDINES, 32, ENTRANCE BY IBAR-GAIN, EIBAR
MEZQUITA ORIO, PELOTARI KALEA, Nº 4, BAJO - ORIO
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA DE ZUMARRAGA, MEZQUITA ALHIJRA, AV. DEL PADRE URDANETA, 17-8 BAJO - ZUMARRAGA

NAVARRE:
COMUNIDAD ISLÁMICA DE ALSASUA, C/ ISIDORO MELEYO, 9 - BAJO - ALSASUA
COMUNIDAD ISLÁMICA DE CASTEJÓN, C/ MERINDADES, 36 - C.P. 31590 CASTEJÓN
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA DE CINTRUÉNIGO, C/ FRANCISCO CHIVITE, 14 - CINTRUÉNIGO COMUNIDAD "MEZQUITA EL BARAKA" DE CORELLA, AV. CONSTITUCIÓN, 39, BAJO - CORELLA
COMUNIDAD ISLÁMICA DE FITERO, C/CHARQUILLOS,16 - FITERO
COMUNIDAD "MEZQUITA ESSALAM" DE FUNES, AV. DE PERALTA, 93, BAJO - FUNES
COMUNIDAD ISLÁMICA DE LODOSA, C/ MAYO, 175 - LODOSA
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA DE PAMPLONA, MEZQUITA AL-BADR, ALTO IBAÑETA, 7, BAJO - PAMPLONA
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA DE SAN ADRIAN, C/ AMISTAD, 23 - SAN ADRIAN
COMUNIDAD ISLAMICA DE TUDELA, MEZQUITA ARRAHMA, C/ RONCAL, 24 - TUDELA
COMUNIDAD MUSULMANA DE VILLAFRANCA "ASSALAM", C/ BAJO EL ARCO, 85 - VILLAFRANCA-ALESBES

DÉPARTEMENT DES PYRÉNÉES ATLANTIQUES (FRENCH BASQUE COUNTRY):
Association Culturelle Musulmane Basque.

Adresse: 54, Rue Daniel Argote, 64100 BAYONNE.

Tél.: (33) 0559555428

The Mosque Assalam in Bilbao

Welcome to the blog of Assalam Bilbao, the Biscaye Islamic Community´s mosque.

Assalam was created in 2006 as a mixed, multicultural and independent mosque.

We purpose many activities: the dayly prayers, a salat yumua with khutba in arabic and spanish languages, lessons given by our sheikh, from Al Azhar, Mohamed Sharkawi, and courses of arabic, reading Quraan, spanish and basque languages...

We focus on beeing useful to the people who wants to know about Islam, and the Basque muslim Community, associations, institutions and media. Our activities are in spanish, basque and arabic.

With the help of God, we develop a social service for the entire brothers and sisters and we want to be a mediator between our Community and the Basque society in Bilbao, insh´Allah.