There is certain irony to this missive being written by a Spaniard - Spain did nothing to save the Jews or fight Hitler and when Spain was under the occupation of the Moors, islam showed itself to be a tolerant religion which allowed faiths to peacefully co-exist. Sadly this no longer appears to be true.
It is not true that Spain did nothing to save Jews in WWII.
Actually, Spanish embassies put into action a very old royal decree which provided that any Jew could claim Spanish citizenship. The original decree was made by a king who wished to make ammends for the Inquisition. Apparently top autority in Spain ordered this law to be put into effect.
I am sorry that I do not have the book about this case, but the author (a rabbi) seculates that Franco, a devout Catholic, did this for religious reasons; or that he was responding to support from Spanish Jews in the civil war; or that he believed (and possible was) of Jewish descent himself. In any case, some 60,000 (as I recall) were protected this way.
Naturally, liberals give Franco no credit for this, because he did the unforgivable: he defeated the communists.
Perhaps some other FReeper can provide the reference.
Doubtful too is the theory that if Europe hadn't killed it jewish population, that the muslims wouldn't have swarmed the nations anyway.
No. Jews and Christians were second class citizens until the Reconquista.
Also Franco - with the help of Canaris - kept Hitler out of Spain, and therefore away from Gibraltar. This had a huge effect on the war effort.