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Muslim Conquest of Spain

Posted by pancho (Guest) - Wednesday, December 5 2007, 21:45:25 (CET)
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Muslim conquest of Spain:
Ch 13, p.292

The victors treated the conquered leniently, confiscated the lands only of those who had actively resisted, exacted no greater tax than had been levied by the Visigothic kings, and gave to religious worship a freedom rare in Spain.

a.Ch 13, p. 300

We may judge the attractiveness of Islam to Christians from a letter of 1311, which gives the Mohammedan population of Granada at the time as 200,000, of whom ALL BUT 500 (emphasis Durant) were descendants of Christians converted to Islam. Christians frequently expressed their preference of Moslem to Christian rule.

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From Will Durant On Muslim/Christian interaction pancho - Wednesday, December 5 2007, 21:37:04 (CET)
- Forced Conversions pancho - 12/05 21:39
  - Christian Forced Conversions and Murder-for-Religion pancho - 12/05 21:41
    - Christians Welcome Arab Liberators pancho - 12/05 21:42
      - Christians "Spread" Christianity pancho - 12/05 21:44
        Muslim Conquest of Spain pancho - 12/05 21:45
        Muslim Tolerance pancho - 12/05 21:46
        Real Reasons For Lower Number of Christians in MidEast pancho - 12/05 21:47

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