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Muslims in Spain. BBC radio 4. (Post 164)

The Prophet  Mohammed (SAWS) was born in 570 and died in 632.  As early as 710. Muslims started to reach Al Andaluse (Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar etc.)  Muslim rule started in Cordoba in 756 and ended in 1492 when Granada surrendered.  Blood shed and a wholesale expulsion of Muslims from Andalusia took place. Those who remained were forced to convert.  Jews also met the same fate and they settled in several Muslim Countries. 
Here is a link to a discussion Muslim in Spain on BBC radio 4 Called "In our Times".

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