03-14-2008, 03:53 AM
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In the twenty year period before and after 9/11, a number of books aahve come out to examine the question of the Moors of Spain. Most o the works are apologies to the Islamists of Moorish Spain and imply that somehow had the Moors survived in Spain there would have been enlightenment, milk and honey all over Europe. The Moors are important for most of the European perceptions of Islam and the other world were drawn from their experience with the Moors. In fact Afrcian people were identified with color rather than any other association. The Spanirds and the Portugese got most of their words from them.
Here is a google book
The Golden Age of the Moors
We need to study them to get an idea for why things are the way they are.
In the twenty year period before and after 9/11, a number of books aahve come out to examine the question of the Moors of Spain. Most o the works are apologies to the Islamists of Moorish Spain and imply that somehow had the Moors survived in Spain there would have been enlightenment, milk and honey all over Europe. The Moors are important for most of the European perceptions of Islam and the other world were drawn from their experience with the Moors. In fact Afrcian people were identified with color rather than any other association. The Spanirds and the Portugese got most of their words from them.
Here is a google book
The Golden Age of the Moors
We need to study them to get an idea for why things are the way they are.