[LibWhacker]

. . . the Muslims' expulsion "was an evil, but a necessary evil, because it was better than the existence and growth within the Spanish state of a foreign and hostile people".

Hate to argue with the great man, but there is nothing evil about expelling savages to save your country from being subjugated by them. Nothing evil at all.

[blam]

"Hate to argue with the great man, but there is nothing evil about expelling savages to save your country from being subjugated by them. Nothing evil at all."

The Basque were the 'original' settlers. They were already there when everyone else arrived.

[zimdog]

"[...] there is nothing evil about expelling savages to save your country from being subjugated by them. Nothing evil at all."

So what the Moors did was right? They, after all, pushed back the barbarian hordes (Goths) to make Iberia shine.