Andalusian Muslims Recall Painful Mass Exodus

IslamOnline.net ^ | February 27, 2005 | By Al-Amin Andalusi

[L98Fiero]

I understand a similar situation is present in France as well. Euro-weenies, indeed.

[MeanWestTexan]

"Maybe they should apologize for ravaging and occupying Spain."

Exactly my thought. Since when are repelled invaders owed an apology from the people who kicked them out of their country?!

I guess China and Korea need to apologize to Japan for kicking its soldiers out.

We need to apologize to England, of course.

I would say France needs to apologize to Germany, too, but I'm quite sure that's already happened.

[johnb838]

Spain IS a backwater.

[reluctantwarrior]

It's even more pronounced in France by 2040 the muslims will be the majority, the netherlands will also go in 2040 or even 2038 depending on which pop. rate is cited.

[monday]

The Spanish should require an apology from the Moriscos. They are the ones who invaded Spain to begin with. sheesh... what a bunch of whining butt munchers.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Spaniels surrendered. Hadn't you heard ?

[bperiwinkle7]

Here Here!!!!!!!!!!

[Frank_2001]

It's been 500 freaking years; GET OVER IT ALREADY!!!!!!!!;)

[bperiwinkle7]

Here Here!!!!!!!!!!

[bperiwinkle7]

sorry sorry!

[NeoCaveman]

It's been over 500 years, get over it.

[concrete is my business]

It is a very interesting subject. Unfortunately, Islam Online uses it to take a gratuitous kick at the Jews (as usual).

The "inalienable right" to an apology could be from the Jesse Jackson School of Rights. :)

[Polybius]

An apology is now an "inalienable right"!

The coat of arms of one of the branches of our family tree has seven fish on it. Each fish represents an Islamic Moor killed in combat by our ancestor during the Reconquista.

In 711 AD, the Muslims invaded the Iberian Peninsula and destroyed the ancient and then Christian society of much of Hispania. The Great Mosque at Cordoba was built over the rubble of a Christian church the Muslim completely destroyed. The Christian survivors fled behind the mountain strongholds of Asturias and Galicia and later embarked on the 800 year Reconquista to reclaim the land of their ancestors from the Muslim invader.

The Muslims do not apologize for 711 AD so why should they get an apology for 1492?

[s_asher]

It's not just Spain, most of Western Europe has the same problem.

They could've persued a more balanced immigration policy by ethnicity, but they opted not to.

If you import a lot of Orientals they take over your neighborhood shopping center to sell ethnic goods. OK, so I can't get meatball & pasta, but I can live with curry shrimp fried rice.

If you import a lot of Muslims, they have many children and take over your country, declare Islamic Republic and impose the Sharia. Nope, can't live with that.

[sheik yerbouty]

TROP is a cult of mass delusion, it would appear.

[gridlock]

I guess we'll have to apologize to the NAZIs for running them out of France. And maybe India can apologize to the Macedonians for turning back Alexander's armies...

[sheik yerbouty]

Only the old cockers..

[sheik yerbouty]

If it is that painful, they should put some panties on that!

[gridlock]

We, the people of Spain, apologize for not kicking your sorry butts out of our country sooner.
---Sorry, best I could do.

How about this: We're really sorry about kicking your butts 500 years ago, and we're going to be really, really, really sorry 500 years from now about the butt kicking we're giving to you today.

[Antoninus]

After more than five centuries, Muslims of Al-Andalus (now Spain) still mark every year in anguish the mass exodus of their ancestors by Spanish authorities to North Africa.

Tell you what--you can have Spain back the same day you give us back Turkey, Syria, Egypt and Libya. Funny, you never see articles about the "anguish" the Greeks must still feel over the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Maybe it's time for the Turks to render them an apology, after which they can apologize to the Bulgarians, Romanians, Serbians, Croatians, Austrians, Hungarians, Kurds, Armenians, etc. etc. etc.