there goes the neighborhood.
granada has always had a distinct moorish flavor, now unfortunately it's going to have a motley bunch of islamics trying to impose their values on spain.
“The mosque is the symbol of a return to Islam among the Spanish people and among indigenous Europeans and it will break with the unfortunate idea of Islam as a foreign and immigrant religion in Europe,” says Salaberria. “It will act as a focal point for an Islamic revival in Europe,” he said.Hoe about if we build one synagogue in Saudia Arabia or one church in Libya, say, for each mosque built in Europe? Just to show that Judahism and Christianity are not foreign or immigrant religions in those places ?
“The period of Catholic Spain is actually very brief in a long history. When the first Muslims arrived here from Africa via Gibraltar they were few. The majority of Muslims in Spain were people living here who converted freely and naturally,” he said.
Revisionist history.
Time to dust off El Cids corpse again.