Azaan recited at Spanish palace for the first time in 500 years

Video instantly went viral with over one million views on Facebook and 250,000 shares

SPAIN: For almost 500 years, the walls of the famous Alhambra Palace in Spain have not heard the Islamic call to prayer. Last Thursday, however, video footage of a man reciting the call-to-prayer inside the palace has gone viral.

In the video, Mouaz Al Nass, a Saudi-born musician of Syrian descent, can be seen reciting the azaan inside the palace.

According to Al-Arabiya, Alhambra Palace, was built by the Muslim rulers of Granada in the 1330s, during the end of the Muslim rule of Spain. It has been almost five centuries since the call to prayer was heard in the palace.



The Jeddah-born singer and drummer, specialises in Islamic music and has a degree in Management Information System from Syria.

When asked by Ilmfeed why he decided to call out the azaan? He said he felt that the walls had missed "hearing the call to Allah."

Al-Nass shared the video last week on Facebook, and it quickly went viral, leading to over one million views and over 250,000 shares already.

Watch the video here:

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This story originally appeared on Stepfeed.