I would say that in Spain we are complete aware of our muslim and Arab influence. And I say more... we are proud of it! If you ask a Spaniard "where it comes Spanish culture from?" MOST probable the answer will be "roman, Gothic, muslim and Christian", no one will skip those 800 centuries. BUT, maybe because christianity became very strong in the next centuries, the rest of the world see us as fanatical catholic. It is the rest of the world who is unaware of this. Not us españoles.
Sorry bro, you don’t know what you’re talking about with all due respect. The Spanish educational system intentionally overlook and omit critical information from history to undermine the Islamic influence in Andalus and on the entire world. Thank you, Spanish Inquisition.
I have watched many videos on this subject. None have offered so much info that I find un bias. Ten out of ten. Thank you for teaching me about Queen khalifa. Please do a vid about her
Islamic Spain fascinates me. I've seen the mosque in Cordoba and the Alhambra and to say they are works of art is a massive understatement. Andalucia is an amazing place especially for it's Muslim past.
Most of this applies to Portuguese too. As a Brazilian, I know that we have many words in our Brazilian Portuguese that came from Arabic, and I learned more about it from my Lebanese friends here. Beside the names, there are also many surnames in South America that were derived from Arabic, such as the last name of my uncles "Medina", which is an Arabic word that means "The Luminous City", which also refers to one of the most holy Muslim cities in the Arabian Peninsula.
@@MahmoudAlJammal The word Portugal derives from the combined Roman-Celtic place name Portus Cale; a settlement where present-day's conurbation of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia (or simply, Gaia) stand, along the banks of River Douro in the north of what is now Portugal.
@@Hmm-oc1wg Yeah, right!!! I was once told that "Fatima" is a Spanish saint name, so no doubt you can always find an abracadabra alternative of any story. It's called "cultural cleansing", and, like it or not, it happened in the Iberian peninsula more than any place on earth. Anyways... Thank you for your informative reply.
@@MahmoudAlJammal This is in Arabic "برتقال" and when you say burtuqāla it is from Latin Script and letters that Arabs use from Latin. Spain/Portugal has most from the Romans and their Latin Scrip and letters and language.
@@Hmm-oc1wg "Letters that Arabs use are from Latin"!!!!! Arabs created the Alphabetical order, it was Ugarite alphabet of Latakia the first in the entire world, Arabs also created the very same numbers you use until today ... What kind of weed have you been smoking dude?!!!! Man, you went waaay too far, it's the craziest thing I ever heard in my entire life... Wow, people like you do exist in real life!! FYI: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugaritic_alphabet
i am algerian with Andalusian origins from Gharnata or granada . i did an ADN test and i have 42% iberian ... until today we still play Andalusian songs written 700 years ago in Granada and Andalusian music run in my blood
I have Spanish heritage from my paternal mother's side. I also travelled to Spain in the mid-70's as a child and got to witness with my own eyes the Arabic architecture in Granada and in many places throughout the Iberian peninsula. Nearly 800 years of influence was imbedded into the Spanish culture and one can witness the culture from many centuries past. Castles were abundant throughout the land. If you have never been there, go and see the this rich culture of Spain.
@@Noxyb2ezread any book from that era .. yes muslims were called moor even here in New Spain now called México. Some moors women were brought here long ago
My grandmother was born in Puerto Rico of Spanish decent. When the Americans invaded they eventually gave Puerto Ricans US citizenship but they had to swear allegiance. My grandmother refused. She swore she would never even speak the language. I will always remember her with pride. She was a tough old lady.
But didn't the spaniards conquered, invaded PR and destroyed the Taino popupulation? The US didn't invade PR, Spain gave up PR as part of their loss to the US when they want to war.
@@emmanuelfernandez55281) the Tainos weren't completely eradicated many Puerto Ricans to this day have genetic roots to the indigenous. Though it seems there's an concerted effort to minimize our water that down as the US postures to take the island as a state. 2) the Spanish American war was a essentially a land grab by force. The initial desire was to take Cuba from Spain for its sugar commodity. However, Cuba was able to declare its independence before the war so US had to honor their sovereignty. PR was not so lucky as General Miles landed his troops in Guanica on July 25, 1898. There's plenty of of information documenting this fact.
@@LPKickboxing-b9oand ? Muslim is their religious identity, "moors" is how the Spaniards used to call Muslims, they also call Muslims in the Philippines (Southeast Asia) as moors, or Bangsamoro which in the local language means Moor nation.
the names of cities in Spain are Arabic words - Murcia, Almeria, Madrid, Benidorm, Medina Sedonia, Alcala, Alicante, Beniali, Benirama, Benidorm, Benicassim, Tarifa, Algeciras, Toledo, Zahra, Benalmadena, Albarracin there are hundreds of them, I couldn't write them all down, they are Arabic town names but in Spain. these are Arabic names that have a whole meaning in Arabic
@@EUGEN093human worship human dead is crazy History cristian religion satanic in the world Long live war in ukraine and Russia because religion satanic
I am of Spanish descent. My father was Spanish and my mother was Asian. I remember my father telling me that we have Arab blood through my great grandfather from my grandfather’s side. While my grandmother left us with quite a number of her things with many Islamic designs/decorations. I only met her twice when I was a toddler and then she passed. She had many photos of her in Andalucía. I decided to go there in 2018 to visit and Córdoba and Granada as well. It is obvious that there was Islamic influence there and was also told of the history of Al-Andaluz when we went to the former palace. Having mentioned about my father, my surname perhaps has it’s origin from the Arabs from my great grandfather’s side which is Azad/Azada, which is Spanish for hoe that farmer’s use?
@@AF22-j8g infórmate sobre el tema, la historia verdadera y los estudios genéticos que se han hecho sobre la genética de los españoles, que hoy en día es muy fácil con internet.
It's not secret at all, it's openly talked about and taught in school. Spanish people generally know about the history and influence. I've been coming to Spain since 2005- that year I read a children's book written by a Spanish author which was about the history or the caliphate, reconquista, and as you say here it mentioned the people living together (though typically taxes were imposed on non-muslims). If you go to Granada it's talked about. When I started learning Spanish in the 90s we were told in class about words beginning with AL as having an Arabic origin. I think that perhaps this video is aimed at Americans, because in Spain the history is obvious.
Well, its fair if non muslim have to paid taxes tho. Because muslim paid zakat and non muslim doesn't have to paid it. In the end the zakat was used for the kingdom to manage the country
there are many excemption for non-Muslim taxes. And you pay taxes for protection and security for feel safe to practice your religion and live there while Muslim should pay zakat (obligation tax for Muslim) for needy people but there are not many excemption for paying Zakat. And Muslim obligated to go war for protect the region while non-Muslim is not obligated to do that by Muslim ruler. So non-Muslim have many adventages here. Even today you still pay taxes LoL.
Great video, but as a Spanish person, I never saw this as a secret. I think it's broadly known in the Iberian Peninsula, even though some people don't like to acknowledge it. Beside the culture and language, I don't think it's hard to notice the similarities between the physical characteristics of Arabian Muslims and those of Spanish or Portuguese descent. I also believe that South Italians and Sicilians have a similar condition due to the influence of the Muslim Empires that ruled those areas, mostly the Aghlabid Dynasty in the 9th century.
Talk to white Americans about being blamed for slavery and colonialism. . .even white Americans whose ancestry had noting to do with it such as Polish or Hungarian.
The Arabs were in some areas of Spain for 7 centuries. A reconquest took place. Because what is Spanish is what is based on Celtiberian and Latin, not what comes from the Arab invasion, which is what comes from outside. The Christian kingdoms recovered their territory, and some time later expelled the Muslims who invaded Spain and Portugal. The fact that there are words in Castilian/Spanish does not mean anything, there are French words, English words and words from other languages, for example war is a word that comes from Germanic, bellum would be the Latin word. In Spanish genetics, the Arab presence is only 10% of the Spanish lineage. In other words, their contribution is minimal. I have nothing against Arabs, but as a Spaniard I have nothing to do with them, and I know several Arabs, whether Moroccans, Pakistanis or Tunisians, with whom I am culturally unlike.
@@anklepick9524 I also know several Pakistanis, and Arabs where from time to time I go to eat a kebab. And I know what their culture is like, their way of seeing things, etc. Not to mention that if you mix Moroccans and Spaniards you know where each one is from. All the respect in the world, but we are nothing alike. our brothers are Italian, Portuguese, Latin American and some European countries. Arabs are not in our environment.
Con todos mis respetos , España es un país con una cultura muy rica , y resumirlo a „orígenes musulmanes „ es propio de incultura o ineptitud involuntaria. El origen de España es su mezcla , de tartesos, Íberos, vascones, celtas , griegos , romanos , visigodos, suevos, árabes ,y el mestizaje con america que nos trajo tanto o más de lo que llevamos al otro lado del charco .
Every country has minor and historically hidden civilisations and peoples. The Arabian peninsular for instance has Kurds, Jews, Chandalians, sand Arabs, Bedouins. But the most influential was the Arab one. It's the one that influences your language the second most, probably after Latin. And the secular scientific scholarship of the Arabs is what elevated Spain way more, with all due respect the Visigoths and the others did. And simply put, you guys don't respect the Arab culture. You always try and demean it. So although every culture has their place. This video is a channel with a Muslim focus. Just like the Muslim focus is forgotten and neglected in your culture. We like to remember it from this context. And it's not even an exaggeration. As it's an integral part of Spain's heritage in all the aforementioned ways
@@anneeq008 it's not forgotten, it simply happened a long time ago. The Visigoths gave us some important rules of law though, and before them we had the romans. But yeah, there's more to life than big civilisations and most of the people from Iberia has a very prevalent common Neolithic genetic marker. This means it was more of a cultural exchange than anything else. At the time, the moorish culture were more advanced in many aspects and even brought back certain classical elements from rome. After 1500, forget about it. Iberia was far more advanced than Arabs. How do you think it could be an influence then? Mate, we had the best ships (thank you for the triangular sails though), we were bringing new stuff no one had ever seen, we circumvent the moorish and Venetian control of trade with the east. No chance.
This documentary is very awakening. I happened to visit Malaga to gather evidences of Islamic remnants and relics there. I found Alcazava, GilAlfaro, the oldest Muslim market there, the mosques which were converted to churches, Islamic bath house, and many more interesting archaic artifacts made by Muslims.
En principio tengo que decir que lo que viene a continuación no es ningún alegato en contra de la presencia musulmana en la península ibérica. De hecho, su influencia no sólo es innegable, sino que en muchos aspectos fue enriquecedora. La cultura española se ha enriquecido con la cultura árabe del norte de África, no sólo a nivel arquitectónico y gastronómico, sino en muchas ramas del saber. Pero como tampoco me gustan las medias verdades y la tergiversación de la historia ( a la que ciertos países le cogieron el gustillo hace ya varios siglos ) pues ahí van ciertos DATOS: Los musulmanes invadieron la península ibérica en el año 711, y la batalla de Covadonga ( que dio inicio a la reconquista ) fue en 722, es decir, que once años después de que invadieran la península ya empezaron a perder terreno, con lo cuál, no es correcto decir que toda la península estuvo 800 años bajo el control musulman. Decir eso es faltar a la verdad. Las zonas más al sur sí estuvieron más tiempo bajo dominio musulman hasta llegar a Andalucía. Así que se puede decir que hubo gran parte de la península que no estuvo 800 años bajo el dominio musulman, a no ser, que los cristianos reconquistaran la península en un sólo día, jeje. Veamos los acontecimientos que no nos han contado: Alfonso VI de León conquista Toledo en 1085. Alfonso I "el batallador" conquista Zaragoza en 1118. En 1137, el condado de Barcelona y el reino de Aragón se unieron dinásticamente con el matrimonio de Ramón Berenguer IV y la princesa Petronila de Aragón. El reino de Portugal se extendió por el suroeste peninsular tras la conquista de Lisboa en 1147. Es decir, que si hacemos cálculos, en unos cuatrocientos años tras la entrada musulmana, más de la mitad de la península ya estaba en manos de los reinos cristianos, con lo cuál, es incorrecto decir que TODA la península tuvo influencia musulmana durante 800 años, sino que desde el centro hasta el norte sólo tuvo influencia 400 años ( y en la franja norte, la presencia fue anecdótica, y en ciertas zonas, nula. Por otra parte, me resulta curioso que digas que los musulmanes seguían practicando su religión en secreto después de haber sido conquistados, pero cuando es al revés, es decir, cuando has hablado de que los cristianos adoptaron el islam, no hayas mencionado nada acerca de la posibilidad de que ellos también hubiesen practicado secretamente el cristianismo. También me resulta curioso que la influencia visigoda ni se nombre, cuando, aún estando poco más de doscientos años, adoptaran el latín como lengua, y se convirtieran al cristianismo, es decir, que yo me pregunto: ¿ qué es más probable que tenga más influencia, la unión con alguien que habla tu mismo idioma, profesa tu misma religión y adquiere tus costumbres, o alguien que ni habla tu idioma, ni profesa tu religión y no adquiere tus costumbres ? por lógica, creo que es mucho más probable lo primero. Por cierto, en el idioma español, también existen palabras de origen gótico. De hecho, alrededor del 1% de los vocablos en español proceden del gótico ( unas 1000 palabras ) y 8% del árabe ( unas 8000 palabras ). Como ves, creo que ninguna de las dos cifras es nada desdeñable. No le restaría importancia a ninguna de las dos ( para desgracia del "ilustrísimo" Boris Johnson ), un "erudito" donde los haya... ( la verdad es que sacarlo al final tratando de restar importancia a la influencia visigoda en la península no ha sido lo más acertado. Resta mucha credibilidad, pero entiendo cuál es la intención ). En serio, yo aconsejaría a los turistas "estudiosos" que cuando visitéis España, no sólo os centréis en la mitad sur. Ya sé que el clima es mucho más agradable, pero si uno quiere de verdad aprender sobre el pasado histórico de España, tiene que visitar distintas zonas de España, porque sino, uno se va con la sensación, de que España es toros, flamenco y paella. Y no es un mal plan para pasar unas vacaciones, pero sí lo es cuando uno trata de estudiar la historia de mi país, a no ser, que uno lleve encima ciertos sesgos que le hacen ver sólo aquello que quiere ver, para contar sólo aquello que le interesa contar. Si amigo, sí... España es un país único en ciertos aspectos, una "rara avis", y es que es una mezcla cultural impresionante, y eso mismo es lo que nos enriquece. España no sería lo que es sin la influencia mora, pero tampoco sin la influencia romana ( que por cierto, ha sido sin duda la que más la ha influenciado ). Pero aún así, en general, ni somos árabes, ni moros, ni judíos, ni somos un pueblo germánico, sino que genéticamente, por mucho que duela al señor Boris Johson "el iluminado", tenemos nuestra propia genética, mezcla de los pueblos celtas e íberos que la habitaban antes de llegar moros, visigodos, romanos, fenicios, griegos, vándalos, alanos etc... porque hasta donde yo sé, esa gente no desapareció cuando fue invadida por todos estos pueblos. Y no lo digo yo, lo dicen los estudios genéticos que se han llevado a cabo sobre la población española. De hecho, para desgracia del archiconocido Sirrrr Boris Johson "el iluminado", prácticamente toda la franja occidental europea ( quitando los países escandinavos, comparten, a grandes rasgos, una genética muy similar ). www.google.com/search?q=c%C3%B3mo+linkear+una+p%C3%A1gina&gs_ivs=1#tts=0 Predomio del halogrupo R1b, ese halogrupo se encuentra presente en la mayoría de los irlandeses, galeses, escoceses, franceses, belgas, españoles, portugueses, ingleses del oeste, holandeses del sur, austríacos del oeste, italianos del norte (valle del Po) y alemanes del sur. Actualmente también es frecuente entre los habitantes de América y Oceanía, debido a la emigración. En realidad el R1b es el haplogrupo más común en Europa occidental, llegando a más del 80% de la población en Irlanda, las tierras altas escocesas, en el oeste de Gales, la franja atlántica de Francia y el País Vasco. Por último decir, que antes de la expulsión de los judíos en España, ya se habían producido deportaciones de estos en Francia e Inglaterra. De hecho, de toda europa, España se encuentra entre los países que menos expulsiones de judíos hizo CON DIFERENCIA. En Alemania fue abismal, pero es curioso de que da la sensación de que cuando se habla de expulsión de judíos, siempre salga la palabra España. Ocurre lo mismo con la inquisición, que siempre va asociada a la palabra "española" cuando en realidad fue en Alemania, de nuevo, donde más condenados por la inquisición hubo, de nuevo, con muchísima diferencia. En fin... parece que España "destaca" hasta en lo que no destaca. ( Espero que esto no lo lea Sirrrr Boris Johson "el iluminado". A lo mejor le da un mareo al pobrecito )
Muy buen comentario. Es curioso el dato sobre el bisabuelo de Boris Jhonson llamado Ali Kemal, político y periodista turco, ministro del interior, crítico con el imperio otomano asesinado por traidor antes de su juicio en la guerra de independencia turca por orden de Mustafa Kemal pasha
Hello Omar, one last comment. I wouldnt say that the Islamic heritage of Spain is something purposely hidden or unknown. The period and its heritage is not only taught in schools at different levels of educations and to different extents, but its a daily presence in quite a bit of the Spanish geography and daily life. The architectural heritage of a lot of cities, the cooking, as you very well mentioned, a lot of our vocabulary... Some of our biggest touristic places and UNESCO heritage sites are of muslim heritage (Alhambra, Cordoba's mosque-cathedral...). The presence is very much noted. Undoubtfully, a lot of Spaniards live their daily lifes giving very little or no thought to this topic, their more earthly worries take most of their mental space; but within the more educated elements of Spanish society this is very much something taken into account when talking, thinking, or discussing national matters. Politically speaking this happens to, both the groups that like and value this heritage and those who try to diminish it or deby have to deal with it, its an undeniable fact. Basically, those 700 years are accepted as fact, as something that is very much part of the Spanish identity, wether there are ideological positions that like it or not.
I agree that the Islamic heritage of Spain is purposely hidden. I have asked educated Spaniards about the Islamic contributions to the region and never get an answer!!! Most likely not taught in grade school or high school, I am guessing!
yeah exactly its right in your face everyday in those places of influences, architecture, some types of folk music, and not to mention una fiesta dedicated to that whole era : ). thou i can imagine a Spanish person living far away from that zone has no clue about it.
When you make these affirmations you should say Andalucía not Spain. North of Andalucía the Muslim influence drops dramatically. To say Spanish culture comes from Islam is nuts.
I'm Portuguese and yes, Salam! I saw once a stamp from Morocco prior to the discovery of Madeira Island with the islands clearly showing on a map on this stamp. Our Portuguese words are no different.
List of a few Arabic words in the English language. Some English words are direct decedents of Arabic words, such as ghoul while others have been indirectly passed down from Arabic through other, older European languages such as Latin, Turkish or French. These words include sugar and admiral. It is estimated that hundreds of words in the English language come from Arabic words. These words encompass food and drink, medical and scientific terms, animals and plants as well as everyday objects and products we use. Some examples include: Alcohol Algebra Average Bled Check Coffee Cotton Candy Gerbil Gazelle Giraffe Guitar Harem Henna Hazard Jar Jasmine Lemon Lime Mascara Mask Mattress Orange Safari Satin Sherbet Sorbet Shrub Soda Sofa So-long Spinach Syrup Tell Wisdom tooth Zero
@@seoul68 cope there are literally hundreds of arab tribes from the peninsula migrating to spanish andalus and live there for centuries, banu lakhm, banu qasim, and al-ansar is one of of the many examples. Many prominent scholars there also has arab tribes on his names. Why don't you accept history?
It can be said that Spain has been *influenced* to (very) various degrees by Muslim culture, but not that Spain has Muslim origins like the video's thumbnail claims. Also, it is very misleading to say that Spain was controlled by Muslims for 8 centuries. It is more accurate to say that some parts of the Iberian Peninsula were Muslim for 8 centuries. Certain parts were never Muslim, and very large parts of the Peninsula were Muslim for much less time than 8 centuries. It should be noted that the Muslims in Iberia were by far mostly converted Hispano-Romans whereas Berbers and Arabs were only a small minority, and also that Iberia was never completely under Muslim control. In 1238, Sultan Ibn al-Ahmar, the founder of the Nasrid dynasty, became a vassal of Fernando III of Castile, and in 1246 Alhamar signed the Pact of Jaén, in which Granada had to pay tribute to Castile in order to maintain its independence. From 1264 onwards, the only Muslim territory in Iberia was Granada, which is smaller than Belgium, and it continued to exist as a vassal of Castile, and therefore cannot be called a "social and political force" since the 1200s.
@@cliffysfather When you don't pay attention in history class that hard that you think actual history is revisionist. Also, stop liking your own comments, it's lame.
Salamo Alaikom, I grow up in Morocco and my father side Familly are Andalouse! The most of Muslim from Andalouse exil to North Africa specially Morocco where they build many cities like chafchaoune, Rabat and other also they moved to Italy etc. If you visit Fez or you travel to north of Morocco you can see this culture and people of andalouse. Some families in Morocco they still keeping the key of there house they had in andalouse … Salam 🏇🏼🕊🇲🇦🌴
Thank you for sharing this with us! I have noticed some people in Morocco look white and some are mixed with black. When did people start mixing together, because traditionally whites and blacks don't mix together. I have heard that black soldiers from Africa that came with the French and British armies in North Africa used to rape many white women. Is this the real origin of race mixing in Morocco?
non sense Andalousian Moresque never built Rabat it was built by its native people Amazigh dinasty Almoouahidin , Morocco is Amazigh country built by its Amazigh warriors , Moresque built some small towns in north where they took refuge from Christians in spain and brought their own culture which is still known to b andalous not Moroccan they are distiguished community in Morocco and everbody knows that but Empire of Morocco was great and was built by its own native people AMAZIGH AlMorabitin AlMoouahidin ect .
I learned about this in schools in both Iceland and Ireland, its as much apart of European history as it is Islamic, no one denies that. My nephew's are learning about it now back home in Iceland, its standard curriculum.
sad to tell you thats not right, muslims were here for 700 years, but the peninsulars never integrated their society, and the ones who did were second or third tier civilians with almost no rights, but thankfully most of the population migarted to the north, asturias, cantabria, galicia... and then 700 years before we reconquered the territory, they left us some touches and things, but to say ous history is as european as muslim is to not know a single thing about the iberic pensinsule history
@@MontañésUnidadHispana lol, the vid is called the secret history of Spain, is it not? And Spain is a country in Europe, is it not? Is this then not apart of Europian history? And is it then not apart of islamic history?
@@bugzyhardrada3168we Iranians don’t consider the invasion of the Arabs as part of Iranian history because the Arabs never integrated as a part of Iranian culture. So even though Arabs were there for 800 years, doesn’t mean Spain owes them anything! Yes, there are historical aspects left behind by the Arab moors but they never wanted to integrate to Spanish culture and didn’t see themselves as such!
@@aminr4281 I don't recall implying that Spain owes anyone anything, merely the implications that these are historical events in that they are apart of a nations or a continents history, are they not? A Spainaird in school is just as likely to learn about as a North African-Arab is, because it is apart of both respective histories, why you argue this and imply one owes the other makes zero sense in context to what has been said. These are after all historical events. Now as for your Iranian-Arab example, the same point still stands whether you like it or not, and the implications of the Arab invasion into Iran facilitated the spread of Islam within which affected Iranian history quite dramatically, as I am sure you are aware of, as did the Arab invasions of the Iberian peninsula, again these are historical events and are aparts of both respective histories. You do understand how history works, right, kids in Syria are taught about the Christian Crusades just like the kids in Europe are, you know why, because these are historical events that tie the respective cultures together.
I have lived in southern Portugal as a Muslim university student and the locals would always talk about the civilization that Muslims had brought to the area. In fact some of them would say, they don’t understand why Muslims today act the way they do…
Just the fanatical Muslims… as with anyone taking a fanatical view on religion. The rest of us just cannot understand why such extremism when we have centuries behind us of peaceful living with one another
@@saewha there is extremism in every religion… what do you call the American ultra evangelist christians?! Wouldn’t they call up a crusade if they could?
Trying to explain this to Americans with Spanish heritage in a town called New Iberia in the US leaves them with their mouths open. I am lucky that i used Flamenco as a vehicle to connect to my heritage and studied the history as a child. I tried to bring this knowledge to my American neighbors but it’s hard for them to swallow sometimes. Thank you for sharing this interesting topic.
A real pleasure to have found this magnificent video on the historical subject of Islam in Spain, I am a Lebanese descendant. And a new Mexican fan, from Guadalajara
Even me as a Latin American from the US I have learned much about this time of history in Spain and it’s interesting the influence Islamic culture left on our culture. Well today we have Shakira and we are very proud to have her enriching our culture with her music and beauty!
A real pleasure to have found this magnificent video on the historical subject of Christianity in the New World. I am of German descent and my ancestors never colonized any land in North America nor owned slaves but for some reason ALL white people are being portrayed as white devils.
Absolutely refreshing to see and learn something about a topic I always wanted to learn. I am a Muslim, but I enjoy learning about how different cultures influence each other. I believe we need to embrace the truth how we have been influenced by other cultures. By doing so, we can come closer and respect each other. Love for all Hatred for none.
Now you can pay reparations to white Europeans for what your ancestors did to them. Or better yet. . . preach from the Mountain top about how white people aren't the devil that they are being made out to be.
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The harsh reality is that the muslims see non muslim culture as inferior and unimportant to them which is why other cultures see them as arrogant and aggressive reaction to non muslims.
15 years ago, i listened to my teacher for 04 hours abt his research on this topic and i got stunned to know abt these things..... i was almost sure that no other person knows abt muslim heritage of spain and arab influence on spain...... glad to see that some other person has also spoken abt the same....
This is very well known! I learnt it in my history class in secondary school/high school in England in the 1980s!! You would have to be very ignorant of European history to not know this.
2:25 I think you should be a little more specific when you say that the period was from 711 to 1492, since the reconquest was a very long period and for example in the year 1080 Spain had already reconquered more than half of the Iberian peninsula and in 1210 already Practically only the kingdom of Granada remained, which was the one that lasted until 1492 and in that year it was reconquered. But it is false to say that the Iberian peninsula was 800 years under Muslim rule because it is not so.
@@samirakarim264 Toledo was reconquered by the kingdom of León in the year 1085 friend, and look where Toledo is located in Spain, from there up it was already all reconquered land, by the year 1250 literally the only Arabs that remained in the Iberian Peninsula were in the southern Spain in the Kingdom of Granada, they were the only ones who held out until 1492.
@@Torosentao And the only reason they were not fully crushed is because they paid extra taxes to the Crown of Castile, so it was more about Chirstians allowing them to saty because they were a money cow they could further milk. By 1250 the Reconquista was over, the remaining kingdom was barely a hostage for which Muslims paid well. Of course, till the Catholic Monarchs were done with it and decided they were done with playing around for over 200 years.
you have done a lot and explored Spain's history in detail because we are unaware of the fact that the richness of Islamic culture and politics contributed a lot to the rest of the world. Well done.
Spain was the main producer of olive oil in the Roman Empire, almonds have been cultivated for millennia, potato omelette has nothing to do with Muslims, it is a recipe from the 18th century, gazpacho too, there are many examples in the Spanish gastronomy and culture that have a Muslim origin, there is no need to lie
@@orlandovelastegui1391When did I say that Muslims introduced olive oil in the 18th century and almonds in the 8th century? I have said that olive oil was already produced in Roman times and almonds even before, in the 18th century the recipe for potato omelette and gazpacho was invented, so they have nothing to do with Muslims either, I think. that the one who has to listen and learn is you
The Iberian Penisula was not Spain at that time. Spain or what was to become Spain did not exist. The Catholic northern region by Asturias was the genesis of Spain. These people after realizing that the moors were traveling north with the intent to take over large portions of Europe, decided to confront them and eventually defeated them, taking over their vast stronghold, and with it, all that they had built there. This is similar to what happened in the US with the westward expansion and their wars won against Mexico, where lands were taken but cities and towns remain to this day with heavy Mexican/Spanish characteristics, names and architecture.
You miss hispania , the Roman province and the hispania godo kindown also all the Cristian kindom were fight for become the new hispania kindom and some of the name their as hispania rex
False, Spain exists from 3bC when the Romans arrived there, conquered the Celts Iberian and build the empire, State under the same language, rules, law and customs.
I LOVED your video. As a Mexican living in Europe, I am fascinated by history and the origins of our culture today. Thank you so much for this succinct but very illustrative video. Hasta la vista, amigo!
You're a descendant of Spanish Colonizers and should be held accountable for the sins of your ancestors and stop hiding behind Mexican or "Hispanic". Many white people, such as Polish Americans, never had ancestors that were colonizers or slave traders and yet they are being forced to atone for the sins of all white people.
@@carlosm.3426well , I’m Mexican /native and it’s alittle confusing but my mother is ojibwe from Canada and my dad is from Mexico , however his grandparents one of them is from Salamanca Spain 🇪🇸 and the other grandparent is tarahumara native , I certainly do have Arabic in my dna I’m 7% my last name and first name has been passed down and it’s Arabic origin . But I just tell people I’m native and Mexican because I am a registered Native American .
So much respect for you and this video.. so my family is Catholic from Philippines, we have descendants from Spain from my dad’s grandfather’s side. Never thought much of it. Until I searched up Andalusia, or Al-Andalus. I also recently reverted to Islam Mashallah which made me want to dig more. I was mind blown when you mentioned that olives were cultivated in that area by the Muslim community. Our surname is Olivas, deriving from olives…. And another of our family is Sevilla, which is derived from Seville in Andalusia. This just unlocked a lot of things I never thought of about our family’s history and heritage. Definitely sharing this with them! 🙏🏾✨♥️
@@X-factor6 Yes, invasion, not help, stop eating propaganda, the Iberian golden age kicked off as soon as Muslims got expelled, the Christian countries didn't go back to the stone age like the propaganda suggests and any writing of the time will tell you how it was an horrible invasion. Only people centuries after, who never visited the location, say good things about the Muslim time there, most of the time commissioned by someone to say so.
A concise and precise account of El Andalus, brilliantly done in just 15 minutes, Olé!!!. As for the denial of the evident in most Western countries, it has become a real political tradition since 1492, and a political football since WWII. Belss you (barak'Allahu feek.
Hello Omar, greetings from Spain! I just wanted tosaythat I love your arabized/anglified pronunciation of spanish. Its super fun to listen to and very interesting in itself.
Yes. The Phoenicians were essentially Arabs of a different time. The connections of Spain to Yemen in connection with the Phoenicians and other Semitic folks was longstanding.
Thank you very much.The word Mozareb intrigued me in between then you cleared it by telling the original Arabic word Mustaareb(Arabise).We the Urdu speakers have Urduise Hospital as Aspatal,Municipality as Munsipalti etc etc.
This was within Spain and Portugal not just Spain, but Christian didn’t voluntarily adapt to Islam, instead it was forced on them and many Iberians escaped to the mountainous regions in the north and would later reconquer their lands during “la reconquista” aka the reconquer. Speak the truth on these matters
It is a lie that you write, it is forbidden for Muslims to force people into Islam { لَاۤ إِكۡرَاهَ فِی ٱلدِّینِۖ قَد تَّبَیَّنَ ٱلرُّشۡدُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَیِّۚ فَمَن یَكۡفُرۡ بِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَیُؤۡمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسۡتَمۡسَكَ بِٱلۡعُرۡوَةِ ٱلۡوُثۡقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَاۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِیعٌ عَلِیمٌ } [Surah Al-Baqarah: 256]U vjeru nema prisiljavanja - Pravi put se jasno razlikuje od zablude! Onaj ko ne vjeruje u šejtana, a vjeruje u Allaha - drži se za najčvršću vezu, koja se neće prekinuti. - A Allah sve čuje i zna.There is no compulsion to believe - the right path is clearly different from error! The one who does not believe in Satan, but believes in Allah - holds on to the strongest bond, which will not be broken. - And Allah hears and knows everything.
@@tanyanuhi2750 léenos todas las Suras, la de golpear el cuello de los no creyentes, la de perseguirlos y acosarlos, la de pagar Yizya. Mejor ser musulman y rico y pagar el 2,5% que pobre y cristiano y pagar el 1,5%. No soy gente del libro.
Mashallah or Ma Sha Allah or Masha Allah, is an Arabic phrase that is used to express a feeling of awe or beauty regarding an event or person - so Masha ALLAH for this eloquent lecture
Peruvian here, I remembered when I was studying Spanish or Castellano at school or university my teachers and professors always mentioned the many words and the immense influence coming from Arabic to our language. Also, I never felt that they tried to politicized the topic. of course, there is not many muslims in Peru and I imagine the feeling is different in Europe.
Interesting,,, however, olive oil was stapple in Spain since the Phoenicians ( before the Greeks, and thus the Romans. ) You seem to forget that the northern provinces were never ruled by the moors, and that Spain's culture has long developped through the dialogue between the strong Jewish element, the Christian forces and the Islamic ones.
Maybe it was a secret to you, but we, Spanish, know pretty well our heritage and history. However......my country is and it's been more cultural attached to Rome than Arabia. Arabs and Muslims it's not the same. People who conquered Spanish territories in 711 were from Northern Africa territories and tribes, not Arabia. Last family who reign for the Muslims in the Península Ibérica, was the Nashri family ( Nazaríes ), who came from a Syrian family. And DNA studies, nowadays, reveals that blood traces aren't as mixed as we believed. Races didn't mixed as much as we believed. And nor cultures. They were living together with a tax system....if you didn't pay....you can't live there. We are proud of our history and culture.
The reason you probably don’t know because a genocide happen on the Muslim population. European genocide usually wipe everything that has to do with Islam. Books, buildings, bridges literally anything even names. The only place they didn’t wipe out was alhambrah palace because they couldn’t destroy something that beautiful. They did the same thing to Philippines to the point that many Filipinos don’t even know that Islam existed in the north.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🏰 The Visigoths, a fierce group of barbarians, conquered and ruled Spain and Portugal for 300 years until 711 AD when the Islamic Caliphate arrived at the Roman border. 01:15 🕌 Muslims brought religious tolerance to Al-Andalus, allowing Christians and Jews to thrive alongside Muslims. Many converted to Islam over time, but the process took centuries and happened in waves. 03:11 🕌 The Muslim influence on Spanish culture is significant. Arabic words are prevalent in the Spanish language, and many Spanish city names and cuisine were influenced by Islamic heritage. 08:06 🍲 The Islamic Agricultural Revolution introduced new crops like oranges, rice, and spices to Spain, greatly enriching Spanish cuisine. 12:18 ⚔️ Al-Andalus fell in 1491, leading to the expulsion and forced conversion of Muslims and Jews, erasing much of the indigenous Islamic presence in the Iberian Peninsula. Made with HARPA AI
@@emanueljosuerodriguezcasti4328 there is. Look up Grenada, or the mosque of Cordoba which also served as cathedral. Even though it's influence was kinda overshadowed, it was not totally eliminated
@@vladimirmarkovnikov8729 That does not make them indigenous. They were an alien nation to established Christian Kingdoms that were conformed of the people who'd been living there since before the stone age and regarding to your comment on mosques, there were even churches that moors had the gall to transform them into mosques.
@@emanueljosuerodriguezcasti4328 dude. With that logic, even Christian influence on Europe is not indigenous let alone Spain since Christianity arose in Bethlehem which is not in Europe. In your case, Spain should go back to its pagan roots in order to be "indigenous"
There seems to be a bit of misunderstanding and misinformation in the comments regarding the population dynamics of ilberia before, under, and after Muslim rule. There were few events of repopulation of ilberian lands with "New Christians" , or they're not as common as most people actually believe. This idea is actually the product of propaganda that started in the 18-19th century and intensified during the regimes of Salazar and Franco. This is especially true in Portugal with Salazar and its ultra-catholic regime, and the inten was to build the Spanish and Portugal sense of Christians European identities. In fact, the majority of the native Iberian populations remained the same in what is today Spain and Portugal before, under, and after the Muslim conquest. Actually, most of the native Iberians ended up converting to Islam, whilst Christian Iberians kept their Mozarabic tradition, all undergoing a process of Arabiztion with the development of the Andalusi Arabic and Mozarabic languages. For those who do not know, the Mozarabic Rite can be said to be the true native Iberian from of Christianity, as it was the Rite that spun in Iberia after the fall of the Western Roman empire and that developed under Visigoth and Arab rule. Iberian Christians cannot be said to be traditionally or originally catholic, as the Mozarabic Rite was its own independent institution with its own traditions and costumes. All Iberian Christians were also forced to "convert" to Catholicism. Moreover, inter-marriage and genetic exchange between Native Iberians (which have always had strong North African, middle eastern, and Anatolian admixture components) and Amazigh tribes and Syrian elites occurred intensively during these 800 years, at a point it became impossible to distinguish between Iberians of native and non-native descent. There is vast documentation that survived to this day about this, but as its core, what happened was an exchange of power rather than an exchange of population, with forced convert of Muslim Iberians to Christianity and of Christians Iberians (Mozarabic) to Catholicism. A great part of the Portuguese and Castilian armies was comprised of Crusaders from central and northern Europe, and not from Iberians, which is contrary to the agenda associated with the nation of a "Reconquista" , which in itself a politically-motivated fabricated concept. Al-Andalus, even for a period after the fall of the Muslim-ruled kingdoms, was comprised of a multi-religions society, with Jews, Christians, and Muslims living together in harmony. The idea of a Reconquista is very much an attempt by the catholic church to label these events as a war between "Christians and Muslims" or a war between "good and evil". In fact, it was more of a war between "Christians and Christians" , or a war between "Catholic fanatics and a Multi-religious society" , which the Catholic Church never tolerated, mostly due to its political motivation to exert control over the populations. The idea that native Iberians fled to the Asturias when the Muslims invaded (which is what is taught in history subjects in Spain and Portugal) is very much an outright lie. They stayed, they mixed, they got Arabized, and a great part of them converted to Islam.
In the al-azhar uni egypt, student that learning literature and poetry from andalus era will read about the history that you mentioned... And now you made it more vivid more obvious with this documentary... Thanks a lot...😊😊😊
Well, India was under British rule and I am sure they left their influences but nobody would seriously claim that therefore Indian culture has it's origin in Britain. It is one thing to acknowledge the Muslim influences in Spain. It is a completely different thing all together to therefore claim that Spanish culture is Islamic in origin. You are claiming ownership on something that is not yours. If Europeans would do this the other way around and would claim themselves to be the originator of the culture of a former colony there would be accusations of racism and colonialism. But this way around it is something to be proud of it seems.
I learned a lot about the Arab/Muslim influence on Spain and Latin America back in 1969 in college taking Latin American Literature. We learned of the architecture influences of plazas, fountains, use of wrought iron and mosaics. We as Catholics have the tradition of donating a percentage of our income to the church from the Arabic Saladin Tithe (not sure I spelled that correctly.). Also we learned about the influence on the Spanish language from many Arabic words. This video was so interesting and informative that I will forward it to others that soul love the historical information. 🙏
Great presentation. Not forgetting that the Spanish guitar owes its origins to the Arabic Oud while Flamenco, as an art form, arguably also owes at least some of its origins to the Middle East. Hence, the similarity between Flamenco music and that of the Middle East
From the beginning I knew it was going to be a very biased video since the presenter insisted in calling the Gothic kingdom "the barbarians". Yet, I did the effort of watching the video in full to try to understand what was the presenter intentions. Many mistakes were made, like saying tolerance was applied in Al Andalus. That is simply ignorance or a lie, not sure where is the presenter. Tolerance among monotheistic religions is impossible since sooner or later they will clash with the rest. There were periods of certain tolerance under specific rulers, but that was not the rule. The sources we have of rulers like Al Mansur (pillage, genocide, invasions and destruction, raids etc) or from Islamic fundamentalist empires like Almoravids or Almohads completely clash with the notion of Islam's tolerance in Spain. Then there are other parts, that make me laugh, like saying that thanks to the Arabs Spain has olive oil. The notion of camel herders from the South of Arabian peninsula teaching how to cultivate olive oil in a country where olive oil have been grown 2 millenia before their arrival is a joke. Spain's olive oil was already highly considered already in Roman times. And then we have gazpacho, whose basic ingredient is tomato but hey, we thank this soup made of an ingredient brought from America to some people from the deserts of Arabia, or the tortilla de patata (another dish whose basic ingredients are eggs and potatoes, also brought from America). And the cherry in the cake is bringing the biggest clown that has ever ruled Britain. Hilarious
Ni te molestes en argumentar, han pasado más de 500 años y todavía parece que escuece que se les echara de España a patadas. No se los quiso ni antes durante o después. Eso son hechos. Saludos.
The tortilla de patata was first documented in my region, Extremadura, in the 19th century. Given its simplicity, it's very possible it existed somwhere else way before, but hey, I think giving credit to the Muslims is a little bit of a stretch XD
Fantastic and informative video! It is sad to hear when people or countries downplay the significance of a time period in their history because they don’t want to be associated with the Muslims but our history is so complicated. It’s important to learn as much as possible and embrace our histories.
9:04 Correct me if I am wrong but I remember I read somewhere that olives in Iberia were introduced by the Phoenicians or their successors the Carthaginians. Nonetheless, great job done brother Omar. May Allah Subhanahuwatala bless you with more faith and wisdom. Ameen. Stay blessed.
As Omar referred, olive and olive oil was known since the ancient times. Romans had cultivated it. However, it is a hard work to treat and harvest the olive as the olive oil was mostly used for medicinal reasons. For the very reason of Islam prohibits to consume pork and the fat from the pork (lard) is not permissible as food. Therefore, Muslims needed to grow olive trees in great numbers.
Yes he got it a little wrong about the food like olive oil or with some stuff like the Gazpacho, a cold soup made with tomatoes, as everybody should know tomatoes were brought after 1492 from America by Spaniards, so nope, Gazpacho or paella or anything containing potatoes, as tortilla de patata are 100% Spanish recipes.
exactly, we used cocking oil for centuries thanks to phoenicians and romans mostly, not muslims, and also he said they invented potatoe tortilla and gazpacho and more things when it was 700 years earlier to the discover of the tomatoe and potatoe in the americas
@@alptheguide Olive Oil from Spain was not only cultivated millenia before islam even existed, but it was highly valued by the Romans. Also, he gives credit to muslims for the invation of 19th century Spanish dishes that include tomato and potato, which were brought to Spain first and then the rest fo the world by Spaniards, so pray tell me how the fuck did they come up with it. There must be some time travel shit going on here.
I also have to admit there are many races in modern day Spain and Portugal. You have the Arabic and North African influence from the south. The moment I hear and see Flamenco music there's a close connection with the Arabic music. Then to the north of Spain you the Celtic and Basque peoples that lived there for centuries. Indeed a mix of people.
No is arab is inrrian ritual dance from tartesso who gypsies adopt when live qith the pagams women... read more GADITANE PULLIAE A SACERDOTAL GROUPS OF WOMEN IN THE PAST ALL MEDITERRÁNEO SPOKE FOR THIS WOMENS
@@slowmotion3542 no they were not they were Algerians the conqueror of Spain was Tariq ibn ziyad from Algeria and Algerian empires such as the almohads and Zirids as well as the taifa of cordoba controlled Spain 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿
im not Spanish but Mexican, and must say that i percieve Spanish identity as very diferent from muslims.. Spain is diverse to begin with and id say only very south has arabic influence mixed with other many cultures that had presence in the peínisula. Also there were areas in spain never conquered by muslims as a hispanic myself when i think about spain and any muslim country i see two very diferent things
I,m a history student from Málaga, i´m in my third year and now we are studyng the Visigothic rule of Spain, firts thing, is not Julian of Cueta, is Julian of Ceuta, second thing, his figure is almost mithological, maybe he openned the gates oh the strait of Gibraltar in order to command armies angaints Agila the Second, a goth King who ruled the north part of Spain after the split in two of the kindgom, because of the death of the King Witiza, with the south being ruled by Roderic, who wanted the support of the incoming arabs to fight Agila II. The arabs wachting the bad situation betrayed Roderic and conquered Hispania, naming it Al-Andalus, something that shows us how they wanted to make a separation between the concept of the Crihstian Spain and Islam, because those barbarians you say were catholic crhistian after the conversion to it made by King Recadero son of Leovigild, so what you are saying doesn´t make sense because Julian didn´t let the armies of arabai enter because he wanted to quit the pagans barbarians out of Hispania, Julian was part of Visigoth culture, they were the germanic tribe that most romanized, and they were christian long before the entrance in Spain, but in the way of Arrianus. Is in the Visigothic rule when the seed of modern Spain was put in. The Crhistian Kings of the kingdoms of the north after the muslim take control of the peninsula wanted to restore the Visigothic Realm, so that why we call thah period Reconquista. Modern Spain bornd because of that concept, and our culture its more conected to the cristian Kingdoms of the north than with the Arab world. One example of that is Semana Santa in the region of Andalucía, the old Celtiberian Baetica, the region where the muslim stay the most, where we make parades with wood representations of the virgin Mary and Jesus Christ, something that is the most representative thing of Spanish culture, and something that hides the roots in greek and roman culture, and of course in Cristian cultere so the factors that the arabs apport to our culture are mainly residual remanents, because we are roman catholic in the most part, and hihgly influence by barroque. Sorry for my english.
You do know this has nothing to relate with Indian Muslims .. isn't it ? Though I agree some of the information is good, some imagined for self massaging & some far fetched. No authentic references were cited.. which makes it quite imaginative. Indian Muslims will go & find their relation to totally unrelated people, cultures & societies .. but forget their own original roots & identity. No wonder your situation too will go the pakjstani Muslim way.. slowly, but surely.
So you forget the terrible things that islam has done in india and spain? Islam is rightfully rejected in bith places by nist of the people, and they have first hand experience of it.
It is not a secret, it's just that the Roman/Latin, Basque, Germanic, etc is more prominent. More germanic loan words, more Roman architecture etc. Also, it's up to 8% loan words and that is highly disputed, they are also loan words meaning they have Latin equals that are more commonly used. No one says alcazar they say castillo, no one says alacrán they mostly say escorpión etc. Also, the names do not count as those names are all over Europe. You are trying to downplay it's predominant Latin/Roman cultural heritage, it is over 70% to 80% Latin and the rest is a mix of Germanic, basque, greek, celt-iberian, etc. You are clearly trying to over emphesize a small part of the culture on the Iberian peninsula. The Iberian peninsula was a Roman province for longer, and there is no way that it was 90% muslim by the time of the Reconquista lmao
But its islamic propaganda deception. Muslim authorities werent here fir 800 years except in the little region of granada where they were cornered for their last 500 years in the penisule. Plus we already had cloakas( sewers, baths, literature, order, better laws than the islamic ones,...) And they killed a lot of inkocents, enslave many women and children and forced them( sexually) ( i cant say the actial word in youtube.) It was correct, glorious and geroic to kick them out. And yes some of tgem converted to christianity and had some influence on the culture of some regions or in the gypsy one. But its not as important as almost anyother culture that was influenced us. Plus the moors were hated for the things they did. Also the jews were hated a lot and they had been there for way longer. They captured churches and turned them into mosques,while not allowing to reconstruct tye damaged churches of building new ones, during some times. They didnt allow to convert to ialam neither in some times, becouse they were earning so much with the jizzya extortion that their empire budget was very sensitive to loosing that loot. Thus the christian tefugees escaped to the north and reached asturias were Don Pelayo started the reconquista. Why do you come here by hordes? Cant you survive by yourselves in all the countries you stole from the former people? Its evident that the muslim countries that are more modern and westernzed have beter live conditions. Stop blaiming others for the consequences of believing your religion of "peace".
I've been telling people for years, especially my own people, Mexicans, that we are part Arabic as well. Especially the southern Spanish part, it's in our language, our cooking, everywhere you don't care to look. This video is absolutely awesome.
I do not think so with all respects. You are part of Spain in fact you were and are Spain in some respects but not arabic Spain, the south of Spain other than eating dates and a few fruits is not arabic at all, the love and respect Hispanic America got from Spain is very different to what you could have got from Al-Andalus
A Mexican longing to be owned by Arabs rather than the so hated Spanish?? This is very rich, and telling. How tricky, that some passive bottoms want to be rather dominated by a more exotic master of the Middle East, than the Gringo neighbor or Iberian macho’s they are used to. Do you think, an Arab is going to go easier on you when they can sell into modern slavery (for them it never became "old”) your behind and even make you full eunuchs too after circumstance your very manhood, OWNED to the T? Don’t drop the soap….
@@MotoHistory then you obviously don't know what the hell you're talking about, first of all, there is plenty of places you can go to in Spain and see Arabic temples; structures of all kinds, art. Arabic is in the language, North Africa is literally right there. For you to surmise the Arabic population didn't merge with the northern population is as ridiculous as your statement. Spanish Morocco is right there, they speak Spanish and Arabic, so the assumption that I am not Spanish when some of my family came from Villarreal, Spain; my last name...makes you look like an imbecile. Spain isn't just an isolated country, they were under Roman rule, Hannibal Bacta was raised there and he was Carthaginian, from northern Africa...you're giving racist vibes and obviously don't know your history. The remaining Arabs converted into Christianity while some left, but not all of them left. Checkmate.
I would say that in Spain we are complete aware of our muslim and Arab influence. And I say more... we are proud of it! If you ask a Spaniard "where it comes Spanish culture from?" MOST probable the answer will be "roman, Gothic, muslim and Christian", no one will skip those 800 centuries. BUT, maybe because christianity became very strong in the next centuries, the rest of the world see us as fanatical catholic. It is the rest of the world who is unaware of this. Not us españoles.
Spain doesn’t have any Muslim or Arab influence
@Shallala No, it doesn’t. Spanish architecture has Gothic and Roman influence, there wasn’t any influence taken from muslims
Sorry bro, you don’t know what you’re talking about with all due respect. The Spanish educational system intentionally overlook and omit critical information from history to undermine the Islamic influence in Andalus and on the entire world. Thank you, Spanish Inquisition.
@@D_A-G There’s nothing to “overlook” cause there isn’t any Islamic influence in Andalus, non in the present day lives of Spaniards anyways.
@@D_A-G nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
I have watched many videos on this subject. None have offered so much info that I find un bias. Ten out of ten. Thank you for teaching me about Queen khalifa. Please do a vid about her
For real! Omar explains things very well.
this was so easy to understand and very interesting, great job explaining this topic!
Islamic Spain fascinates me.
I've seen the mosque in Cordoba and the Alhambra and to say they are works of art is a massive understatement. Andalucia is an amazing place especially for it's Muslim past.
Most of this applies to Portuguese too. As a Brazilian, I know that we have many words in our Brazilian Portuguese that came from Arabic, and I learned more about it from my Lebanese friends here. Beside the names, there are also many surnames in South America that were derived from Arabic, such as the last name of my uncles "Medina", which is an Arabic word that means "The Luminous City", which also refers to one of the most holy Muslim cities in the Arabian Peninsula.
The word Portugal itself is derived from the Arab word "برتقال" pronounced "Burtuqal", that is "Orange" fruit.
@@MahmoudAlJammal The word Portugal derives from the combined Roman-Celtic place name Portus Cale; a settlement where present-day's conurbation of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia (or simply, Gaia) stand, along the banks of River Douro in the north of what is now Portugal.
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Yeah, right!!!
I was once told that "Fatima" is a Spanish saint name, so no doubt you can always find an abracadabra alternative of any story.
It's called "cultural cleansing", and, like it or not, it happened in the Iberian peninsula more than any place on earth.
Anyways... Thank you for your informative reply.
@@MahmoudAlJammal This is in Arabic "برتقال" and when you say burtuqāla it is from Latin Script and letters that Arabs use from Latin. Spain/Portugal has most from the Romans and their Latin Scrip and letters and language.
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"Letters that Arabs use are from Latin"!!!!! Arabs created the Alphabetical order, it was Ugarite alphabet of Latakia the first in the entire world, Arabs also created the very same numbers you use until today ... What kind of weed have you been smoking dude?!!!!
Man, you went waaay too far, it's the craziest thing I ever heard in my entire life... Wow, people like you do exist in real life!!
FYI: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugaritic_alphabet
i am algerian with Andalusian origins from Gharnata or granada . i did an ADN test and i have 42% iberian ... until today we still play Andalusian songs written 700 years ago in Granada and Andalusian music run in my blood
Thats what's up. 👍 I bet you speak multiple languages
When the Catholic kings expelled the Muslims to North Africa, many of them were of Iberian origin who converted to Islam.
@@elcartucherasrm7077 You forget that muslims got many christian slaves from Andalusia and took them to north Africa...
Ohhhh que maravilla! Me encanta la cultura del Mabreb....🎉❤
23&me says I'm 0% middle eastern even tho my surname is of "arab" origin LOL
I have Spanish heritage from my paternal mother's side. I also travelled to Spain in the mid-70's as a child and got to witness with my own eyes the Arabic architecture in Granada and in many places throughout the Iberian peninsula. Nearly 800 years of influence was imbedded into the Spanish culture and one can witness the culture from many centuries past. Castles were abundant throughout the land. If you have never been there, go and see the this rich culture of Spain.
Muslim last strong was in granada
Moorish architecture you mean? We cannot find that type of architecture in the Middle East
I am Spanish and proud of all the richness of influences in our history
@@theDADA-agency Especially the Roman, which gave us the language.
Masha Allah. Excellent work, brother. Really enjoyed the presentation. Looking forward for more.
nobody called them the muslims they were the moors
@@Noxyb2ezread any book from that era .. yes muslims were called moor even here in New Spain now called México. Some moors women were brought here long ago
My grandmother was born in Puerto Rico of Spanish decent. When the Americans invaded they eventually gave Puerto Ricans US citizenship but they had to swear allegiance. My grandmother refused. She swore she would never even speak the language. I will always remember her with pride. She was a tough old lady.
the Spirit of Galverino or Hatuey, thats awesome because the eruopeans are horrible.
Tu abuela sabía quien era. Eso es todo.
But didn't the spaniards conquered, invaded PR and destroyed the Taino popupulation? The US didn't invade PR, Spain gave up PR as part of their loss to the US when they want to war.
The older generations had principles and stuck to it no matter the costs! 💪🏼
May your granny rest in peace! ❤
@@emmanuelfernandez55281) the Tainos weren't completely eradicated many Puerto Ricans to this day have genetic roots to the indigenous. Though it seems there's an concerted effort to minimize our water that down as the US postures to take the island as a state. 2) the Spanish American war was a essentially a land grab by force. The initial desire was to take Cuba from Spain for its sugar commodity. However, Cuba was able to declare its independence before the war so US had to honor their sovereignty. PR was not so lucky as General Miles landed his troops in Guanica on July 25, 1898. There's plenty of of information documenting this fact.
Great video brother, ur editing made this easier to understand Jazakallah Khair for spreading knowledge
nobody called them the muslims they were the moors
@@LPKickboxing-b9oand ? Muslim is their religious identity, "moors" is how the Spaniards used to call Muslims, they also call Muslims in the Philippines (Southeast Asia) as moors, or Bangsamoro which in the local language means Moor nation.
As a Mexican. This is SO EXCITING. Like jaw dropping! This is an amazing informative video.
Brother. I have literally binged watched all your videos! Please make more content . Your are appreciated. Barakallah
Muslims did not introduced olive production. Hispannia already was biggest trader of olive oil with ancient Rome.
You guys still cook with lard.
It was the Phoenician Canaanites who introduced olive trees into the Mediterranean basin.
@@swiss9495 Where and who still cook with lard in Spain? I'm very curious...
@@CarlosP.L. polvorones, buñuelos, esaimada, cacas... mallorca, catalan
the names of cities in Spain are Arabic words - Murcia, Almeria, Madrid, Benidorm, Medina Sedonia, Alcala, Alicante, Beniali, Benirama, Benidorm, Benicassim, Tarifa, Algeciras, Toledo, Zahra, Benalmadena, Albarracin there are hundreds of them, I couldn't write them all down, they are Arabic town names but in Spain. these are Arabic names that have a whole meaning in Arabic
We also have Toledo here in America in state of Ohio. I think it’s named after the city in Spain I’m guessing
Abdul, it is not abdulic names.
@@EUGEN093 do you have problems with Abdul ?? There are Christian name start with Abdul
Toledo is an evolution of the roman name Toletum, it's over 2000 years old
@@EUGEN093human worship human dead is crazy
History cristian religion satanic in the world
Long live war in ukraine and Russia because religion satanic
Thank you for this. I have shared this history for years with anyone who would listen. I am appreciate your ability for taking it further than I.
Thank you for sharing this information. I love the Muslim architecture and their influence on Spanish. Muchísimas gracias. 😊 15:05
I am of Spanish descent. My father was Spanish and my mother was Asian. I remember my father telling me that we have Arab blood through my great grandfather from my grandfather’s side. While my grandmother left us with quite a number of her things with many Islamic designs/decorations. I only met her twice when I was a toddler and then she passed. She had many photos of her in Andalucía. I decided to go there in 2018 to visit and Córdoba and Granada as well. It is obvious that there was Islamic influence there and was also told of the history of Al-Andaluz when we went to the former palace. Having mentioned about my father, my surname perhaps has it’s origin from the Arabs from my great grandfather’s side which is Azad/Azada, which is Spanish for hoe that farmer’s use?
Azad looks persian
Yout father didn't know what he was talking about.
Could be Asad (Lion)... Also Could be derived form the great Arab tribe Azd.
@@sergioponce7464 como te pica la verdad eh primo?
@@AF22-j8g infórmate sobre el tema, la historia verdadera y los estudios genéticos que se han hecho sobre la genética de los españoles, que hoy en día es muy fácil con internet.
It's not secret at all, it's openly talked about and taught in school. Spanish people generally know about the history and influence. I've been coming to Spain since 2005- that year I read a children's book written by a Spanish author which was about the history or the caliphate, reconquista, and as you say here it mentioned the people living together (though typically taxes were imposed on non-muslims). If you go to Granada it's talked about. When I started learning Spanish in the 90s we were told in class about words beginning with AL as having an Arabic origin. I think that perhaps this video is aimed at Americans, because in Spain the history is obvious.
Well, its fair if non muslim have to paid taxes tho. Because muslim paid zakat and non muslim doesn't have to paid it. In the end the zakat was used for the kingdom to manage the country
there are many excemption for non-Muslim taxes. And you pay taxes for protection and security for feel safe to practice your religion and live there while Muslim should pay zakat (obligation tax for Muslim) for needy people but there are not many excemption for paying Zakat. And Muslim obligated to go war for protect the region while non-Muslim is not obligated to do that by Muslim ruler. So non-Muslim have many adventages here. Even today you still pay taxes LoL.
Many do not understand that the Persians were a powerful empire until it fell to Islam and they became Islamic. ....
Many do not understand that the Persians were a powerful empire until it fell to Islam and they became Islamic. ....
this video is aimed at idiots...
Great video, but as a Spanish person, I never saw this as a secret. I think it's broadly known in the Iberian Peninsula, even though some people don't like to acknowledge it. Beside the culture and language, I don't think it's hard to notice the similarities between the physical characteristics of Arabian Muslims and those of Spanish or Portuguese descent. I also believe that South Italians and Sicilians have a similar condition due to the influence of the Muslim Empires that ruled those areas, mostly the Aghlabid Dynasty in the 9th century.
Talk to white Americans about being blamed for slavery and colonialism. . .even white Americans whose ancestry had noting to do with it such as Polish or Hungarian.
The Arabs were in some areas of Spain for 7 centuries. A reconquest took place. Because what is Spanish is what is based on Celtiberian and Latin, not what comes from the Arab invasion, which is what comes from outside. The Christian kingdoms recovered their territory, and some time later expelled the Muslims who invaded Spain and Portugal.
The fact that there are words in Castilian/Spanish does not mean anything, there are French words, English words and words from other languages, for example war is a word that comes from Germanic, bellum would be the Latin word. In Spanish genetics, the Arab presence is only 10% of the Spanish lineage. In other words, their contribution is minimal. I have nothing against Arabs, but as a Spaniard I have nothing to do with them, and I know several Arabs, whether Moroccans, Pakistanis or Tunisians, with whom I am culturally unlike.
lol I know several Arabs... paktistanis@@DavIGHL
@@anklepick9524 I also know several Pakistanis, and Arabs where from time to time I go to eat a kebab. And I know what their culture is like, their way of seeing things, etc. Not to mention that if you mix Moroccans and Spaniards you know where each one is from. All the respect in the world, but we are nothing alike. our brothers are Italian, Portuguese, Latin American and some European countries. Arabs are not in our environment.
It's understandable that you feel this way, since the Arab/Muslim influence was so long ago.@@DavIGHL
Excellent work you have in this channel.
Con todos mis respetos , España es un país con una cultura muy rica , y resumirlo a „orígenes musulmanes „ es propio de incultura o ineptitud involuntaria.
El origen de España es su mezcla , de tartesos, Íberos, vascones, celtas , griegos , romanos , visigodos, suevos, árabes ,y el mestizaje con america que nos trajo tanto o más de lo que llevamos al otro lado del charco .
Muy bien! La mezcla.
Every country has minor and historically hidden civilisations and peoples. The Arabian peninsular for instance has Kurds, Jews, Chandalians, sand Arabs, Bedouins. But the most influential was the Arab one. It's the one that influences your language the second most, probably after Latin. And the secular scientific scholarship of the Arabs is what elevated Spain way more, with all due respect the Visigoths and the others did.
And simply put, you guys don't respect the Arab culture. You always try and demean it. So although every culture has their place. This video is a channel with a Muslim focus. Just like the Muslim focus is forgotten and neglected in your culture. We like to remember it from this context. And it's not even an exaggeration. As it's an integral part of Spain's heritage in all the aforementioned ways
@@anneeq008 it's not forgotten, it simply happened a long time ago. The Visigoths gave us some important rules of law though, and before them we had the romans. But yeah, there's more to life than big civilisations and most of the people from Iberia has a very prevalent common Neolithic genetic marker. This means it was more of a cultural exchange than anything else. At the time, the moorish culture were more advanced in many aspects and even brought back certain classical elements from rome. After 1500, forget about it. Iberia was far more advanced than Arabs. How do you think it could be an influence then? Mate, we had the best ships (thank you for the triangular sails though), we were bringing new stuff no one had ever seen, we circumvent the moorish and Venetian control of trade with the east. No chance.
@@globalist1990🤓
Lol just ignore the video then, makes sense 😂
This documentary is very awakening. I happened to visit Malaga to gather evidences of Islamic remnants and relics there. I found Alcazava, GilAlfaro, the oldest Muslim market there, the mosques which were converted to churches, Islamic bath house, and many more interesting archaic artifacts made by Muslims.
Invaders are kick out and what to do with their places?
Alandslus is considered by Arabs , as paradise on earth
Why this content creator talked about the good deeds of Muslim in Spain? Catholic church fthrs of spain are finding his location!!
Those regions were ORIGINALLY christian, then taken, then won back.
A partial truth is simply a LIE.
En principio tengo que decir que lo que viene a continuación no es ningún alegato en contra de la presencia musulmana en la península ibérica. De hecho, su influencia no sólo es innegable, sino que en muchos aspectos fue enriquecedora. La cultura española se ha enriquecido con la cultura árabe del norte de África, no sólo a nivel arquitectónico y gastronómico, sino en muchas ramas del saber. Pero como tampoco me gustan las medias verdades y la tergiversación de la historia ( a la que ciertos países le cogieron el gustillo hace ya varios siglos ) pues ahí van ciertos DATOS:
Los musulmanes invadieron la península ibérica en el año 711, y la batalla de Covadonga ( que dio inicio a la reconquista ) fue en 722, es decir, que once años después de que invadieran la península ya empezaron a perder terreno, con lo cuál, no es correcto decir que toda la península estuvo 800 años bajo el control musulman. Decir eso es faltar a la verdad. Las zonas más al sur sí estuvieron más tiempo bajo dominio musulman hasta llegar a Andalucía. Así que se puede decir que hubo gran parte de la península que no estuvo 800 años bajo el dominio musulman, a no ser, que los cristianos reconquistaran la península en un sólo día, jeje. Veamos los acontecimientos que no nos han contado:
Alfonso VI de León conquista Toledo en 1085.
Alfonso I "el batallador" conquista Zaragoza en 1118.
En 1137, el condado de Barcelona y el reino de Aragón se unieron dinásticamente con el matrimonio de Ramón Berenguer IV y la princesa Petronila de Aragón. El reino de Portugal se extendió por el suroeste peninsular tras la conquista de Lisboa en 1147.
Es decir, que si hacemos cálculos, en unos cuatrocientos años tras la entrada musulmana, más de la mitad de la península ya estaba en manos de los reinos cristianos, con lo cuál, es incorrecto decir que TODA la península tuvo influencia musulmana durante 800 años, sino que desde el centro hasta el norte sólo tuvo influencia 400 años ( y en la franja norte, la presencia fue anecdótica, y en ciertas zonas, nula.
Por otra parte, me resulta curioso que digas que los musulmanes seguían practicando su religión en secreto después de haber sido conquistados, pero cuando es al revés, es decir, cuando has hablado de que los cristianos adoptaron el islam, no hayas mencionado nada acerca de la posibilidad de que ellos también hubiesen practicado secretamente el cristianismo.
También me resulta curioso que la influencia visigoda ni se nombre, cuando, aún estando poco más de doscientos años, adoptaran el latín como lengua, y se convirtieran al cristianismo, es decir, que yo me pregunto: ¿ qué es más probable que tenga más influencia, la unión con alguien que habla tu mismo idioma, profesa tu misma religión y adquiere tus costumbres, o alguien que ni habla tu idioma, ni profesa tu religión y no adquiere tus costumbres ? por lógica, creo que es mucho más probable lo primero.
Por cierto, en el idioma español, también existen palabras de origen gótico. De hecho, alrededor del 1% de los vocablos en español proceden del gótico ( unas 1000 palabras ) y 8% del árabe ( unas 8000 palabras ). Como ves, creo que ninguna de las dos cifras es nada desdeñable. No le restaría importancia a ninguna de las dos ( para desgracia del "ilustrísimo" Boris Johnson ), un "erudito" donde los haya... ( la verdad es que sacarlo al final tratando de restar importancia a la influencia visigoda en la península no ha sido lo más acertado. Resta mucha credibilidad, pero entiendo cuál es la intención ).
En serio, yo aconsejaría a los turistas "estudiosos" que cuando visitéis España, no sólo os centréis en la mitad sur. Ya sé que el clima es mucho más agradable, pero si uno quiere de verdad aprender sobre el pasado histórico de España, tiene que visitar distintas zonas de España, porque sino, uno se va con la sensación, de que España es toros, flamenco y paella. Y no es un mal plan para pasar unas vacaciones, pero sí lo es cuando uno trata de estudiar la historia de mi país, a no ser, que uno lleve encima ciertos sesgos que le hacen ver sólo aquello que quiere ver, para contar sólo aquello que le interesa contar.
Si amigo, sí... España es un país único en ciertos aspectos, una "rara avis", y es que es una mezcla cultural impresionante, y eso mismo es lo que nos enriquece. España no sería lo que es sin la influencia mora, pero tampoco sin la influencia romana ( que por cierto, ha sido sin duda la que más la ha influenciado ). Pero aún así, en general, ni somos árabes, ni moros, ni judíos, ni somos un pueblo germánico, sino que genéticamente, por mucho que duela al señor Boris Johson "el iluminado", tenemos nuestra propia genética, mezcla de los pueblos celtas e íberos que la habitaban antes de llegar moros, visigodos, romanos, fenicios, griegos, vándalos, alanos etc... porque hasta donde yo sé, esa gente no desapareció cuando fue invadida por todos estos pueblos. Y no lo digo yo, lo dicen los estudios genéticos que se han llevado a cabo sobre la población española. De hecho, para desgracia del archiconocido Sirrrr Boris Johson "el iluminado", prácticamente toda la franja occidental europea ( quitando los países escandinavos, comparten, a grandes rasgos, una genética muy similar ).
www.google.com/search?q=c%C3%B3mo+linkear+una+p%C3%A1gina&gs_ivs=1#tts=0
Predomio del halogrupo R1b, ese halogrupo se encuentra presente en la mayoría de los irlandeses, galeses, escoceses, franceses, belgas, españoles, portugueses, ingleses del oeste, holandeses del sur, austríacos del oeste, italianos del norte (valle del Po) y alemanes del sur. Actualmente también es frecuente entre los habitantes de América y Oceanía, debido a la emigración.
En realidad el R1b es el haplogrupo más común en Europa occidental, llegando a más del 80% de la población en Irlanda, las tierras altas escocesas, en el oeste de Gales, la franja atlántica de Francia y el País Vasco.
Por último decir, que antes de la expulsión de los judíos en España, ya se habían producido deportaciones de estos en Francia e Inglaterra. De hecho, de toda europa, España se encuentra entre los países que menos expulsiones de judíos hizo CON DIFERENCIA. En Alemania fue abismal, pero es curioso de que da la sensación de que cuando se habla de expulsión de judíos, siempre salga la palabra España. Ocurre lo mismo con la inquisición, que siempre va asociada a la palabra "española" cuando en realidad fue en Alemania, de nuevo, donde más condenados por la inquisición hubo, de nuevo, con muchísima diferencia. En fin... parece que España "destaca" hasta en lo que no destaca. ( Espero que esto no lo lea Sirrrr Boris Johson "el iluminado". A lo mejor le da un mareo al pobrecito )
Muy bien explicado. Es cierto que em video quiere mostrar las bondades del islamismo versus la supuesta bestialidad goda... Ni tanto ni tan calvo...
Muy buen comentario. Es curioso el dato sobre el bisabuelo de Boris Jhonson llamado Ali Kemal, político y periodista turco, ministro del interior, crítico con el imperio otomano asesinado por traidor antes de su juicio en la guerra de independencia turca por orden de Mustafa Kemal pasha
@@ternua gracias por el dato👍🏼
@@ternuawhat does the ottoman empire have to do with andalusia
@@aladelta55which is completely true...you may support the goths but many people absolutely many did not support them
Hello Omar, one last comment. I wouldnt say that the Islamic heritage of Spain is something purposely hidden or unknown. The period and its heritage is not only taught in schools at different levels of educations and to different extents, but its a daily presence in quite a bit of the Spanish geography and daily life. The architectural heritage of a lot of cities, the cooking, as you very well mentioned, a lot of our vocabulary... Some of our biggest touristic places and UNESCO heritage sites are of muslim heritage (Alhambra, Cordoba's mosque-cathedral...). The presence is very much noted.
Undoubtfully, a lot of Spaniards live their daily lifes giving very little or no thought to this topic, their more earthly worries take most of their mental space; but within the more educated elements of Spanish society this is very much something taken into account when talking, thinking, or discussing national matters. Politically speaking this happens to, both the groups that like and value this heritage and those who try to diminish it or deby have to deal with it, its an undeniable fact.
Basically, those 700 years are accepted as fact, as something that is very much part of the Spanish identity, wether there are ideological positions that like it or not.
I agree that the Islamic heritage of Spain is purposely hidden. I have asked educated Spaniards about the Islamic contributions to the region and never get an answer!!! Most likely not taught in grade school or high school, I am guessing!
yeah exactly its right in your face everyday in those places of influences, architecture, some types of folk music, and not to mention una fiesta dedicated to that whole era : ). thou i can imagine a Spanish person living far away from that zone has no clue about it.
Weird, in my experience the Spaniards are well aware of the cultural and linguistic impact of the Moors... seems like a bit of a strawman to me...
Islamophobia in Spain is real. It's a shame if their ancestor "Muslim" back then.
When you make these affirmations you should say Andalucía not Spain. North of Andalucía the Muslim influence drops dramatically. To say Spanish culture comes from Islam is nuts.
Great video brother! More people need to know this
I'm Portuguese and yes, Salam! I saw once a stamp from Morocco prior to the discovery of Madeira Island with the islands clearly showing on a map on this stamp. Our Portuguese words are no different.
Great job! Thank you for this amazing piece of content ❤
Excellent video! Brilliant, interesting, and scholarly comentary. Thank you for this.
List of a few Arabic words in the English language. Some English words are direct decedents of Arabic words, such as ghoul while others have been indirectly passed down from Arabic through other, older European languages such as Latin, Turkish or French. These words include sugar and admiral.
It is estimated that hundreds of words in the English language come from Arabic words. These words encompass food and drink, medical and scientific terms, animals and plants as well as everyday objects and products we use. Some examples include:
Alcohol
Algebra
Average
Bled
Check
Coffee
Cotton
Candy
Gerbil
Gazelle
Giraffe
Guitar
Harem
Henna
Hazard
Jar
Jasmine
Lemon
Lime
Mascara
Mask
Mattress
Orange
Safari
Satin
Sherbet
Sorbet
Shrub
Soda
Sofa
So-long
Spinach
Syrup
Tell
Wisdom tooth
Zero
The estimation of Arabic in English is 10 thousand, higher than Spanish's 4 thousand.
@@seoul68 cope there are literally hundreds of arab tribes from the peninsula migrating to spanish andalus and live there for centuries, banu lakhm, banu qasim, and al-ansar is one of of the many examples. Many prominent scholars there also has arab tribes on his names.
Why don't you accept history?
@@deiy.9468Why do t you ?
Yeah but English people are not arabs
Our globe (earth) is also earth (pronounced erdh) in Arabic.
It can be said that Spain has been *influenced* to (very) various degrees by Muslim culture, but not that Spain has Muslim origins like the video's thumbnail claims. Also, it is very misleading to say that Spain was controlled by Muslims for 8 centuries. It is more accurate to say that some parts of the Iberian Peninsula were Muslim for 8 centuries. Certain parts were never Muslim, and very large parts of the Peninsula were Muslim for much less time than 8 centuries. It should be noted that the Muslims in Iberia were by far mostly converted Hispano-Romans whereas Berbers and Arabs were only a small minority, and also that Iberia was never completely under Muslim control. In 1238, Sultan Ibn al-Ahmar, the founder of the Nasrid dynasty, became a vassal of Fernando III of Castile, and in 1246 Alhamar signed the Pact of Jaén, in which Granada had to pay tribute to Castile in order to maintain its independence. From 1264 onwards, the only Muslim territory in Iberia was Granada, which is smaller than Belgium, and it continued to exist as a vassal of Castile, and therefore cannot be called a "social and political force" since the 1200s.
True, it was already christianized long before Islam conquest if it.
cope
@@cliffysfather Come back with a real answer.
@@CarlosVermeerschSantana
I don't care to bring counter points to your revisionist history. Cope.
@@cliffysfather When you don't pay attention in history class that hard that you think actual history is revisionist. Also, stop liking your own comments, it's lame.
One of the most comprehensible videos I have seen, to this startling, confusion time epoch.
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Amazing video. Congratulations!
Salamo Alaikom,
I grow up in Morocco and my father side Familly are Andalouse!
The most of Muslim from Andalouse exil to North Africa specially Morocco where they build many cities like chafchaoune, Rabat and other also they moved to Italy etc.
If you visit Fez or you travel to north of Morocco you can see this culture and people of andalouse.
Some families in Morocco they still keeping the key of there house they had in andalouse …
Salam
🏇🏼🕊🇲🇦🌴
Thank you for sharing this with us! I have noticed some people in Morocco look white and some are mixed with black. When did people start mixing together, because traditionally whites and blacks don't mix together. I have heard that black soldiers from Africa that came with the French and British armies in North Africa used to rape many white women. Is this the real origin of race mixing in Morocco?
Alaikum salaam,
I did not know this about the keys Subhanallah. Are there any places in Morocco I can visit where I can learn more about Andalucia?
They didn’t build Rabat. It was already an established city in its own. But true they did build chaouen and tetwan even
non sense Andalousian Moresque never built Rabat it was built by its native people Amazigh dinasty Almoouahidin , Morocco is Amazigh country built by its Amazigh warriors , Moresque built some small towns in north where they took refuge from Christians in spain and brought their own culture which is still known to b andalous not Moroccan they are distiguished community in Morocco and everbody knows that but Empire of Morocco was great and was built by its own native people AMAZIGH AlMorabitin AlMoouahidin ect .
@@ummunour1118Tangier
Thank you. It is a lovely documentary!
I learned about this in schools in both Iceland and Ireland, its as much apart of European history as it is Islamic, no one denies that.
My nephew's are learning about it now back home in Iceland, its standard curriculum.
not in the UK its not
sad to tell you thats not right, muslims were here for 700 years, but the peninsulars never integrated their society, and the ones who did were second or third tier civilians with almost no rights, but thankfully most of the population migarted to the north, asturias, cantabria, galicia... and then 700 years before we reconquered the territory, they left us some touches and things, but to say ous history is as european as muslim is to not know a single thing about the iberic pensinsule history
@@MontañésUnidadHispana lol, the vid is called the secret history of Spain, is it not?
And Spain is a country in Europe, is it not?
Is this then not apart of Europian history?
And is it then not apart of islamic history?
@@bugzyhardrada3168we Iranians don’t consider the invasion of the Arabs as part of Iranian history because the Arabs never integrated as a part of Iranian culture. So even though Arabs were there for 800 years, doesn’t mean Spain owes them anything! Yes, there are historical aspects left behind by the Arab moors but they never wanted to integrate to Spanish culture and didn’t see themselves as such!
@@aminr4281 I don't recall implying that Spain owes anyone anything, merely the implications that these are historical events in that they are apart of a nations or a continents history, are they not?
A Spainaird in school is just as likely to learn about as a North African-Arab is, because it is apart of both respective histories, why you argue this and imply one owes the other makes zero sense in context to what has been said.
These are after all historical events.
Now as for your Iranian-Arab example, the same point still stands whether you like it or not, and the implications of the Arab invasion into Iran facilitated the spread of Islam within which affected Iranian history quite dramatically, as I am sure you are aware of, as did the Arab invasions of the Iberian peninsula, again these are historical events and are aparts of both respective histories.
You do understand how history works, right, kids in Syria are taught about the Christian Crusades just like the kids in Europe are, you know why, because these are historical events that tie the respective cultures together.
I have lived in southern Portugal as a Muslim university student and the locals would always talk about the civilization that Muslims had brought to the area. In fact some of them would say, they don’t understand why Muslims today act the way they do…
Just the fanatical Muslims… as with anyone taking a fanatical view on religion. The rest of us just cannot understand why such extremism when we have centuries behind us of peaceful living with one another
@@saewha there is extremism in every religion… what do you call the American ultra evangelist christians?! Wouldn’t they call up a crusade if they could?
@@dpp5285they talk about criminality not so called « extremism » , no one is extremist
It's the Saudis.. Their form of Islam became dominant in the last 100 years. Why.. I don't know.
Because they didn't bring anything, just embellished history.
Trying to explain this to Americans with Spanish heritage in a town called New Iberia in the US leaves them with their mouths open. I am lucky that i used Flamenco as a vehicle to connect to my heritage and studied the history as a child. I tried to bring this knowledge to my American neighbors but it’s hard for them to swallow sometimes. Thank you for sharing this interesting topic.
Well, flamenco is only from one of the many regions of andalucia, I being from spain have never even seen flamenco
we have good genes in southern Iberia.
With UA-cam, it might be easier for you to send them videos to watch and learn!
@@snakey319 yes, from northern Iberia.
Thank you for doing that!
A real pleasure to have found this magnificent video on the historical subject of Islam in Spain, I am a Lebanese descendant. And a new Mexican fan, from Guadalajara
Even me as a Latin American from the US I have learned much about this time of history in Spain and it’s interesting the influence Islamic culture left on our culture. Well today we have Shakira and we are very proud to have her enriching our culture with her music and beauty!
A real pleasure to have found this magnificent video on the historical subject of Christianity in the New World. I am of German descent and my ancestors never colonized any land in North America nor owned slaves but for some reason ALL white people are being portrayed as white devils.
Did you know Guadalajara is from arabic as well?
وادي الحجارة Wādi al hijārah
Meaning valley of stones
@@abubarakah2981and the river which runs through it (the Spanish city! Not the new Mexican one)! The Guadalquivir.
Absolutely refreshing to see and learn something about a topic I always wanted to learn. I am a Muslim, but I enjoy learning about how different cultures influence each other. I believe we need to embrace the truth how we have been influenced by other cultures. By doing so, we can come closer and respect each other. Love for all Hatred for none.
Now you can pay reparations to white Europeans for what your ancestors did to them. Or better yet. . . preach from the Mountain top about how white people aren't the devil that they are being made out to be.
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The harsh reality is that the muslims see non muslim culture as inferior and unimportant to them which is why other cultures see them as arrogant and aggressive reaction to non muslims.
well said
You have presented one of the finest short summaries of this history that I've seen. Bravo.
15 years ago, i listened to my teacher for 04 hours abt his research on this topic and i got stunned to know abt these things..... i was almost sure that no other person knows abt muslim heritage of spain and arab influence on spain......
glad to see that some other person has also spoken abt the same....
This is very well known! I learnt it in my history class in secondary school/high school in England in the 1980s!! You would have to be very ignorant of European history to not know this.
2:25 I think you should be a little more specific when you say that the period was from 711 to 1492, since the reconquest was a very long period and for example in the year 1080 Spain had already reconquered more than half of the Iberian peninsula and in 1210 already Practically only the kingdom of Granada remained, which was the one that lasted until 1492 and in that year it was reconquered. But it is false to say that the Iberian peninsula was 800 years under Muslim rule because it is not so.
Great point. After 1212 and 1248 the 'Reconquista' was practically over. It was not, as you said, 800 years.
Only Tolido was Taken in 1210
@@samirakarim264 Toledo was reconquered by the kingdom of León in the year 1085 friend, and look where Toledo is located in Spain, from there up it was already all reconquered land, by the year 1250 literally the only Arabs that remained in the Iberian Peninsula were in the southern Spain in the Kingdom of Granada, they were the only ones who held out until 1492.
@@samirakarim264 On may, 6 -1085. TolEdo. Dates and spelling
@@Torosentao And the only reason they were not fully crushed is because they paid extra taxes to the Crown of Castile, so it was more about Chirstians allowing them to saty because they were a money cow they could further milk. By 1250 the Reconquista was over, the remaining kingdom was barely a hostage for which Muslims paid well. Of course, till the Catholic Monarchs were done with it and decided they were done with playing around for over 200 years.
you have done a lot and explored Spain's history in detail because we are unaware of the fact that the richness of Islamic culture and politics contributed a lot to the rest of the world. Well done.
Spain was the main producer of olive oil in the Roman Empire, almonds have been cultivated for millennia, potato omelette has nothing to do with Muslims, it is a recipe from the 18th century, gazpacho too, there are many examples in the Spanish gastronomy and culture that have a Muslim origin, there is no need to lie
The potato comes from South America, so the potato omelet could not be invented until after 1492, more precisely in the 18th century.
Exactly you said 18th Century Muslims introduced olive oil and Almonds in the 8th Century that’s 10 Centuries to late brother!!!!! Listen and learn!!
@@mar_csbu7503 Pero como tal es hoy en día es del XVII/XVIII q es cuando llega el tomate
@@orlandovelastegui1391When did I say that Muslims introduced olive oil in the 18th century and almonds in the 8th century? I have said that olive oil was already produced in Roman times and almonds even before, in the 18th century the recipe for potato omelette and gazpacho was invented, so they have nothing to do with Muslims either, I think. that the one who has to listen and learn is you
Nevertheless, your ancestors are Arab whether you like it or not
The Iberian Penisula was not Spain at that time. Spain or what was to become Spain did not exist. The Catholic northern region by Asturias was the genesis of Spain. These people after realizing that the moors were traveling north with the intent to take over large portions of Europe, decided to confront them and eventually defeated them, taking over their vast stronghold, and with it, all that they had built there. This is similar to what happened in the US with the westward expansion and their wars won against Mexico, where lands were taken but cities and towns remain to this day with heavy Mexican/Spanish characteristics, names and architecture.
You miss hispania , the Roman province and the hispania godo kindown also all the Cristian kindom were fight for become the new hispania kindom and some of the name their as hispania rex
Many do not understand that the Persians were a powerful empire until it fell to Islam and they became Islamic.
they call those times the beginning of the end, nothing nice was left after they took over at the end.
False, Spain exists from 3bC when the Romans arrived there, conquered the Celts Iberian and build the empire, State under the same language, rules, law and customs.
@@lisensiadaencosmeticanativa Sorry to tell you but 3bc? There was no such thing called Spain. They were individual autonomous regions/Kingdoms.
I LOVED your video. As a Mexican living in Europe, I am fascinated by history and the origins of our culture today. Thank you so much for this succinct but very illustrative video. Hasta la vista, amigo!
You're part arab😂
You're a descendant of Spanish Colonizers and should be held accountable for the sins of your ancestors and stop hiding behind Mexican or "Hispanic". Many white people, such as Polish Americans, never had ancestors that were colonizers or slave traders and yet they are being forced to atone for the sins of all white people.
@@Stephen-lx9nm No he isn't, you wish
If catholics lost to the muslims, Mexico wouldn't be a hispanic country.
@@carlosm.3426well , I’m Mexican /native and it’s alittle confusing but my mother is ojibwe from Canada and my dad is from Mexico , however his grandparents one of them is from Salamanca Spain 🇪🇸 and the other grandparent is tarahumara native , I certainly do have Arabic in my dna I’m 7% my last name and first name has been passed down and it’s Arabic origin . But I just tell people I’m native and Mexican because I am a registered Native American .
Thank you brother! Your effort is amazing.. Great job.
Brilliant presentation. In a few minutes I enjoyed a concise and informative presentation, kudos to the speaker!!!
Very interesting video! Thanks for putting this together.
Thank you so much :D
So much respect for you and this video.. so my family is Catholic from Philippines, we have descendants from Spain from my dad’s grandfather’s side. Never thought much of it. Until I searched up Andalusia, or Al-Andalus. I also recently reverted to Islam Mashallah which made me want to dig more.
I was mind blown when you mentioned that olives were cultivated in that area by the Muslim community.
Our surname is Olivas, deriving from olives….
And another of our family is Sevilla, which is derived from Seville in Andalusia.
This just unlocked a lot of things I never thought of about our family’s history and heritage. Definitely sharing this with them! 🙏🏾✨♥️
Philippines..?
Sulu Sultanate
Olives were in Iberia long before this Muslim invasion.
Invasion or help ? Are you very one eyed ? @@PVPTawa
@@X-factor6 Yes, invasion, not help, stop eating propaganda, the Iberian golden age kicked off as soon as Muslims got expelled, the Christian countries didn't go back to the stone age like the propaganda suggests and any writing of the time will tell you how it was an horrible invasion.
Only people centuries after, who never visited the location, say good things about the Muslim time there, most of the time commissioned by someone to say so.
ma shaa allah sister !
A very honest presentation. Well done. Appreciate it very much.
Honest? XD
جزاك الله خير،هاذا المحتوى الذي يستحق المشاهده
Amazing real history you ensambled here.
This is excellent content Mashallah! Knowledge, delivery, editing all on point 👌
A concise and precise account of El Andalus, brilliantly done in just 15 minutes, Olé!!!.
As for the denial of the evident in most Western countries, it has become a real political tradition since 1492, and a political football since WWII.
Belss you (barak'Allahu feek.
Hello Omar, greetings from Spain! I just wanted tosaythat I love your arabized/anglified pronunciation of spanish. Its super fun to listen to and very interesting in itself.
this video is an eye opener.
Well done my friend! Subscribed!
but nobody called them the muslims they were th Moors
The olive oil was introduced by the Phoenicians,and the production started with the greeks and romans
Yes. The Phoenicians were essentially Arabs of a different time. The connections of Spain to Yemen in connection with the Phoenicians and other Semitic folks was longstanding.
The best video of all I’ve seen so far on UA-cam , concerning Andalusian history.
Thank you brother, your make easy and understandable videos with amazing information and sources 🙏 and keep up the good work🔥🔥
nobody called them the muslims they were the moors
@@LPKickboxing-b9oand what was their faith?
@@riazshaikh8108 muslim
One of the most informative videos i have ever seen. Hats off to you for the amazing content and your above all your narration. Many Thanks 🙏👍
Incredible video thank you !
Thank you very much.The word Mozareb intrigued me in between then you cleared it by telling the original Arabic word Mustaareb(Arabise).We the Urdu speakers have Urduise Hospital as Aspatal,Municipality as Munsipalti etc etc.
This was within Spain and Portugal not just Spain, but Christian didn’t voluntarily adapt to Islam, instead it was forced on them and many Iberians escaped to the mountainous regions in the north and would later reconquer their lands during “la reconquista” aka the reconquer. Speak the truth on these matters
It is a lie that you write, it is forbidden for Muslims to force people into Islam
{ لَاۤ إِكۡرَاهَ فِی ٱلدِّینِۖ قَد تَّبَیَّنَ ٱلرُّشۡدُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَیِّۚ فَمَن یَكۡفُرۡ بِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَیُؤۡمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسۡتَمۡسَكَ بِٱلۡعُرۡوَةِ ٱلۡوُثۡقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَاۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِیعٌ عَلِیمٌ }
[Surah Al-Baqarah: 256]U vjeru nema prisiljavanja - Pravi put se jasno razlikuje od zablude! Onaj ko ne vjeruje u šejtana, a vjeruje u Allaha - drži se za najčvršću vezu, koja se neće prekinuti. - A Allah sve čuje i zna.There is no compulsion to believe - the right path is clearly different from error! The one who does not believe in Satan, but believes in Allah - holds on to the strongest bond, which will not be broken. - And Allah hears and knows everything.
@@tanyanuhi2750 léenos todas las Suras, la de golpear el cuello de los no creyentes, la de perseguirlos y acosarlos, la de pagar Yizya. Mejor ser musulman y rico y pagar el 2,5% que pobre y cristiano y pagar el 1,5%. No soy gente del libro.
Mashallah or Ma Sha Allah or Masha Allah, is an Arabic phrase that is used to express a feeling of awe or beauty regarding an event or person - so Masha ALLAH for this eloquent lecture
MashAllah, nice explanation and informative, i definitely hit the subscribe button, looking forward to the next episode 🙏🏽
That video is full of lies.
nobody called them the muslims they were the moors
Great video. Informative and pleasant to watch. I’m Happy to find your channel on here.
Subscribed. You should have more subscribers for such a wonderful history channel!!
yes but nobody called them the muslims they were the Moors
This was brilliantly articulated.Thank you for putting this together. Just on this video I decided to subscribe to your channel. cheers!
All Muslims should celebrate the " Las Navas de Tolosa" !
For sure!🤣
Ça ce mange avec quoi !! 🤣
Peruvian here, I remembered when I was studying Spanish or Castellano at school or university my teachers and professors always mentioned the many words and the immense influence coming from Arabic to our language. Also, I never felt that they tried to politicized the topic. of course, there is not many muslims in Peru and I imagine the feeling is different in Europe.
Interesting,,, however, olive oil was stapple in Spain since the Phoenicians ( before the Greeks, and thus the Romans. ) You seem to forget that the northern provinces were never ruled by the moors, and that Spain's culture has long developped through the dialogue between the strong Jewish element, the Christian forces and the Islamic ones.
Phoenician where also Arabs and berbers 🪬
Maybe it was a secret to you, but we, Spanish, know pretty well our heritage and history.
However......my country is and it's been more cultural attached to Rome than Arabia.
Arabs and Muslims it's not the same. People who conquered Spanish territories in 711 were from Northern Africa territories and tribes, not Arabia. Last family who reign for the Muslims in the Península Ibérica, was the Nashri family ( Nazaríes ), who came from a Syrian family.
And DNA studies, nowadays, reveals that blood traces aren't as mixed as we believed. Races didn't mixed as much as we believed. And nor cultures.
They were living together with a tax system....if you didn't pay....you can't live there.
We are proud of our history and culture.
The reason you probably don’t know because a genocide happen on the Muslim population. European genocide usually wipe everything that has to do with Islam. Books, buildings, bridges literally anything even names. The only place they didn’t wipe out was alhambrah palace because they couldn’t destroy something that beautiful. They did the same thing to Philippines to the point that many Filipinos don’t even know that Islam existed in the north.
@@jrock2019 You are beyond stupid.
@@jrock2019votre complexe d'infériorité vous pousse a devenir des experts en mensonges et HYPOCRESIE
Vous avez la Taqiyya dans les veines 🤮
@@jrock2019 True.
MaShAllah your pretty good with those Spanish words.
SUCH A VIDEO MAN thank you for the awareness brother jzak allah ker
Wow history is amazing, we would definitely get along better had we known our history!
Very right.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🏰 The Visigoths, a fierce group of barbarians, conquered and ruled Spain and Portugal for 300 years until 711 AD when the Islamic Caliphate arrived at the Roman border.
01:15 🕌 Muslims brought religious tolerance to Al-Andalus, allowing Christians and Jews to thrive alongside Muslims. Many converted to Islam over time, but the process took centuries and happened in waves.
03:11 🕌 The Muslim influence on Spanish culture is significant. Arabic words are prevalent in the Spanish language, and many Spanish city names and cuisine were influenced by Islamic heritage.
08:06 🍲 The Islamic Agricultural Revolution introduced new crops like oranges, rice, and spices to Spain, greatly enriching Spanish cuisine.
12:18 ⚔️ Al-Andalus fell in 1491, leading to the expulsion and forced conversion of Muslims and Jews, erasing much of the indigenous Islamic presence in the Iberian Peninsula.
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If muslims stayed in Spain. Spain would have been Yugoslavia 2.0. Christians and muslims are not compatible as of 2023.
There's no such thing as indigenous Islamic culture of Iberia.
@@emanueljosuerodriguezcasti4328 there is. Look up Grenada, or the mosque of Cordoba which also served as cathedral. Even though it's influence was kinda overshadowed, it was not totally eliminated
@@vladimirmarkovnikov8729 That does not make them indigenous. They were an alien nation to established Christian Kingdoms that were conformed of the people who'd been living there since before the stone age and regarding to your comment on mosques, there were even churches that moors had the gall to transform them into mosques.
@@emanueljosuerodriguezcasti4328 dude. With that logic, even Christian influence on Europe is not indigenous let alone Spain since Christianity arose in Bethlehem which is not in Europe. In your case, Spain should go back to its pagan roots in order to be "indigenous"
you are videos are so good and informative about islam
you share such a beautiful and truthful content because of this I subscribe your channel
There seems to be a bit of misunderstanding and misinformation in the comments regarding the population dynamics of ilberia before, under, and after Muslim rule. There were few events of repopulation of ilberian lands with "New Christians" , or they're not as common as most people actually believe. This idea is actually the product of propaganda that started in the 18-19th century and intensified during the regimes of Salazar and Franco. This is especially true in Portugal with Salazar and its ultra-catholic regime, and the inten was to build the Spanish and Portugal sense of Christians European identities. In fact, the majority of the native Iberian populations remained the same in what is today Spain and Portugal before, under, and after the Muslim conquest. Actually, most of the native Iberians ended up converting to Islam, whilst Christian Iberians kept their Mozarabic tradition, all undergoing a process of Arabiztion with the development of the Andalusi Arabic and Mozarabic languages. For those who do not know, the Mozarabic Rite can be said to be the true native Iberian from of Christianity, as it was the Rite that spun in Iberia after the fall of the Western Roman empire and that developed under Visigoth and Arab rule. Iberian Christians cannot be said to be traditionally or originally catholic, as the Mozarabic Rite was its own independent institution with its own traditions and costumes. All Iberian Christians were also forced to "convert" to Catholicism. Moreover, inter-marriage and genetic exchange between Native Iberians (which have always had strong North African, middle eastern, and Anatolian admixture components) and Amazigh tribes and Syrian elites occurred intensively during these 800 years, at a point it became impossible to distinguish between Iberians of native and non-native descent. There is vast documentation that survived to this day about this, but as its core, what happened was an exchange of power rather than an exchange of population, with forced convert of Muslim Iberians to Christianity and of Christians Iberians (Mozarabic) to Catholicism. A great part of the Portuguese and Castilian armies was comprised of Crusaders from central and northern Europe, and not from Iberians, which is contrary to the agenda associated with the nation of a "Reconquista" , which in itself a politically-motivated fabricated concept. Al-Andalus, even for a period after the fall of the Muslim-ruled kingdoms, was comprised of a multi-religions society, with Jews, Christians, and Muslims living together in harmony. The idea of a Reconquista is very much an attempt by the catholic church to label these events as a war between "Christians and Muslims" or a war between "good and evil". In fact, it was more of a war between "Christians and Christians" , or a war between "Catholic fanatics and a Multi-religious society" , which the Catholic Church never tolerated, mostly due to its political motivation to exert control over the populations. The idea that native Iberians fled to the Asturias when the Muslims invaded (which is what is taught in history subjects in Spain and Portugal) is very much an outright lie. They stayed, they mixed, they got Arabized, and a great part of them converted to Islam.
In the al-azhar uni egypt, student that learning literature and poetry from andalus era will read about the history that you mentioned... And now you made it more vivid more obvious with this documentary...
Thanks a lot...😊😊😊
nobody called them the muslims they were the Moors
I am proud to study at Al-Azhar
Well, India was under British rule and I am sure they left their influences but nobody would seriously claim that therefore Indian culture has it's origin in Britain. It is one thing to acknowledge the Muslim influences in Spain. It is a completely different thing all together to therefore claim that Spanish culture is Islamic in origin. You are claiming ownership on something that is not yours. If Europeans would do this the other way around and would claim themselves to be the originator of the culture of a former colony there would be accusations of racism and colonialism. But this way around it is something to be proud of it seems.
He also claims things that are completely anachronical and just plain wrong.
BTW Subbed. Enjoying the videos!
I learned a lot about the Arab/Muslim influence on Spain and Latin America back in 1969 in college taking Latin American Literature. We learned of the architecture influences of plazas, fountains, use of wrought iron and mosaics. We as Catholics have the tradition of donating a percentage of our income to the church from the Arabic Saladin Tithe (not sure I spelled that correctly.). Also we learned about the influence on the Spanish language from many Arabic words. This video was so interesting and informative that I will forward it to others that soul love the historical information. 🙏
Great presentation. Not forgetting that the Spanish guitar owes its origins to the Arabic Oud while Flamenco, as an art form, arguably also owes at least some of its origins to the Middle East. Hence, the similarity between Flamenco music and that of the Middle East
Yes , and also local christian and sephardic and Gypsy influence , as its been proved.Not one thing alone could create the Flamenco that we know today
From the beginning I knew it was going to be a very biased video since the presenter insisted in calling the Gothic kingdom "the barbarians". Yet, I did the effort of watching the video in full to try to understand what was the presenter intentions. Many mistakes were made, like saying tolerance was applied in Al Andalus. That is simply ignorance or a lie, not sure where is the presenter. Tolerance among monotheistic religions is impossible since sooner or later they will clash with the rest. There were periods of certain tolerance under specific rulers, but that was not the rule. The sources we have of rulers like Al Mansur (pillage, genocide, invasions and destruction, raids etc) or from Islamic fundamentalist empires like Almoravids or Almohads completely clash with the notion of Islam's tolerance in Spain. Then there are other parts, that make me laugh, like saying that thanks to the Arabs Spain has olive oil. The notion of camel herders from the South of Arabian peninsula teaching how to cultivate olive oil in a country where olive oil have been grown 2 millenia before their arrival is a joke. Spain's olive oil was already highly considered already in Roman times. And then we have gazpacho, whose basic ingredient is tomato but hey, we thank this soup made of an ingredient brought from America to some people from the deserts of Arabia, or the tortilla de patata (another dish whose basic ingredients are eggs and potatoes, also brought from America). And the cherry in the cake is bringing the biggest clown that has ever ruled Britain. Hilarious
did you know that your name arroyo is Arabic?
it must be ashamed you, right?
so change it, erase it from your brain
Ni te molestes en argumentar, han pasado más de 500 años y todavía parece que escuece que se les echara de España a patadas. No se los quiso ni antes durante o después. Eso son hechos. Saludos.
The tortilla de patata was first documented in my region, Extremadura, in the 19th century. Given its simplicity, it's very possible it existed somwhere else way before, but hey, I think giving credit to the Muslims is a little bit of a stretch XD
Fantastic and informative video! It is sad to hear when people or countries downplay the significance of a time period in their history because they don’t want to be associated with the Muslims but our history is so complicated. It’s important to learn as much as possible and embrace our histories.
9:04 Correct me if I am wrong but I remember I read somewhere that olives in Iberia were introduced by the Phoenicians or their successors the Carthaginians. Nonetheless, great job done brother Omar. May Allah Subhanahuwatala bless you with more faith and wisdom. Ameen. Stay blessed.
As Omar referred, olive and olive oil was known since the ancient times. Romans had cultivated it. However, it is a hard work to treat and harvest the olive as the olive oil was mostly used for medicinal reasons. For the very reason of Islam prohibits to consume pork and the fat from the pork (lard) is not permissible as food. Therefore, Muslims needed to grow olive trees in great numbers.
Yes he got it a little wrong about the food like olive oil or with some stuff like the Gazpacho, a cold soup made with tomatoes, as everybody should know tomatoes were brought after 1492 from America by Spaniards, so nope, Gazpacho or paella or anything containing potatoes, as tortilla de patata are 100% Spanish recipes.
@@alptheguide Spain was the main provider of olive oil in ancient Rome...
exactly, we used cocking oil for centuries thanks to phoenicians and romans mostly, not muslims, and also he said they invented potatoe tortilla and gazpacho and more things when it was 700 years earlier to the discover of the tomatoe and potatoe in the americas
@@alptheguide Olive Oil from Spain was not only cultivated millenia before islam even existed, but it was highly valued by the Romans. Also, he gives credit to muslims for the invation of 19th century Spanish dishes that include tomato and potato, which were brought to Spain first and then the rest fo the world by Spaniards, so pray tell me how the fuck did they come up with it. There must be some time travel shit going on here.
Congratulations on such an outstanding video.
I also have to admit there are many races in modern day Spain and Portugal. You have the Arabic and North African influence from the south. The moment I hear and see Flamenco music there's a close connection with the Arabic music. Then to the north of Spain you the Celtic and Basque peoples that lived there for centuries. Indeed a mix of people.
No is arab is inrrian ritual dance from tartesso who gypsies adopt when live qith the pagams women... read more GADITANE PULLIAE A SACERDOTAL GROUPS OF WOMEN IN THE PAST ALL MEDITERRÁNEO SPOKE FOR THIS WOMENS
No the their where not Arabs involved these that opened the Andalus where only Moroccans.
@@slowmotion3542lol
@@slowmotion3542the usual delusional moroccans ...
@@slowmotion3542 no they were not they were Algerians the conqueror of Spain was Tariq ibn ziyad from Algeria and Algerian empires such as the almohads and Zirids as well as the taifa of cordoba controlled Spain 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿
Islam lives in peace with other religions as long as the other religions are subservient to islam.
Exactly can't forget the forced tax and exploiting.
im not Spanish but Mexican, and must say that i percieve Spanish identity as very diferent from muslims.. Spain is diverse to begin with and id say only very south has arabic influence mixed with other many cultures that had presence in the peínisula. Also there were areas in spain never conquered by muslims as a hispanic myself when i think about spain and any muslim country i see two very diferent things
You do realize the Español of Mexico related to andulasian part of Spain
I,m a history student from Málaga, i´m in my third year and now we are studyng the Visigothic rule of Spain, firts thing, is not Julian of Cueta, is Julian of Ceuta, second thing, his figure is almost mithological, maybe he openned the gates oh the strait of Gibraltar in order to command armies angaints Agila the Second, a goth King who ruled the north part of Spain after the split in two of the kindgom, because of the death of the King Witiza, with the south being ruled by Roderic, who wanted the support of the incoming arabs to fight Agila II. The arabs wachting the bad situation betrayed Roderic and conquered Hispania, naming it Al-Andalus, something that shows us how they wanted to make a separation between the concept of the Crihstian Spain and Islam, because those barbarians you say were catholic crhistian after the conversion to it made by King Recadero son of Leovigild, so what you are saying doesn´t make sense because Julian didn´t let the armies of arabai enter because he wanted to quit the pagans barbarians out of Hispania, Julian was part of Visigoth culture, they were the germanic tribe that most romanized, and they were christian long before the entrance in Spain, but in the way of Arrianus. Is in the Visigothic rule when the seed of modern Spain was put in. The Crhistian Kings of the kingdoms of the north after the muslim take control of the peninsula wanted to restore the Visigothic Realm, so that why we call thah period Reconquista. Modern Spain bornd because of that concept, and our culture its more conected to the cristian Kingdoms of the north than with the Arab world. One example of that is Semana Santa in the region of Andalucía, the old Celtiberian Baetica, the region where the muslim stay the most, where we make parades with wood representations of the virgin Mary and Jesus Christ, something that is the most representative thing of Spanish culture, and something that hides the roots in greek and roman culture, and of course in Cristian cultere so the factors that the arabs apport to our culture are mainly residual remanents, because we are roman catholic in the most part, and hihgly influence by barroque. Sorry for my english.
Thank you for this brilliant video!
A great lecturer! I felt the timeline not being reloaded with names and numbers, thank you!
🔥🔥🔥 I am an Indian Muslim ... Thanks for this eye opening piece of information. Keep going
Same here Indian Lebanese and Spanish mix
Indian Muslim here too
You do know this has nothing to relate with Indian Muslims .. isn't it ? Though I agree some of the information is good, some imagined for self massaging & some far fetched. No authentic references were cited.. which makes it quite imaginative. Indian Muslims will go & find their relation to totally unrelated people, cultures & societies .. but forget their own original roots & identity. No wonder your situation too will go the pakjstani Muslim way.. slowly, but surely.
So you forget the terrible things that islam has done in india and spain?
Islam is rightfully rejected in bith places by nist of the people, and they have first hand experience of it.
It is not a secret, it's just that the Roman/Latin, Basque, Germanic, etc is more prominent. More germanic loan words, more Roman architecture etc. Also, it's up to 8% loan words and that is highly disputed, they are also loan words meaning they have Latin equals that are more commonly used. No one says alcazar they say castillo, no one says alacrán they mostly say escorpión etc. Also, the names do not count as those names are all over Europe. You are trying to downplay it's predominant Latin/Roman cultural heritage, it is over 70% to 80% Latin and the rest is a mix of Germanic, basque, greek, celt-iberian, etc. You are clearly trying to over emphesize a small part of the culture on the Iberian peninsula. The Iberian peninsula was a Roman province for longer, and there is no way that it was 90% muslim by the time of the Reconquista lmao
Well done bro. Very insightful history telling. I really enjoy your channel.
Thank you so much!
@@OmaroftheOrientarab cope
But its islamic propaganda deception. Muslim authorities werent here fir 800 years except in the little region of granada where they were cornered for their last 500 years in the penisule. Plus we already had cloakas( sewers, baths, literature, order, better laws than the islamic ones,...) And they killed a lot of inkocents, enslave many women and children and forced them( sexually) ( i cant say the actial word in youtube.)
It was correct, glorious and geroic to kick them out. And yes some of tgem converted to christianity and had some influence on the culture of some regions or in the gypsy one.
But its not as important as almost anyother culture that was influenced us.
Plus the moors were hated for the things they did. Also the jews were hated a lot and they had been there for way longer.
They captured churches and turned them into mosques,while not allowing to reconstruct tye damaged churches of building new ones, during some times. They didnt allow to convert to ialam neither in some times, becouse they were earning so much with the jizzya extortion that their empire budget was very sensitive to loosing that loot.
Thus the christian tefugees escaped to the north and reached asturias were Don Pelayo started the reconquista.
Why do you come here by hordes? Cant you survive by yourselves in all the countries you stole from the former people? Its evident that the muslim countries that are more modern and westernzed have beter live conditions. Stop blaiming others for the consequences of believing your religion of "peace".
but nobody called them the muslims they were the moors
@@OmaroftheOrientdid Jesus Christ live, die and resurrect from the dead?
You've done really a great job without any discrimination
I've been telling people for years, especially my own people, Mexicans, that we are part Arabic as well. Especially the southern Spanish part, it's in our language, our cooking, everywhere you don't care to look. This video is absolutely awesome.
Yessss🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I do not think so with all respects. You are part of Spain in fact you were and are Spain in some respects but not arabic Spain, the south of Spain other than eating dates and a few fruits is not arabic at all, the love and respect Hispanic America got from Spain is very different to what you could have got from Al-Andalus
A Mexican longing to be owned by Arabs rather than the so hated Spanish??
This is very rich, and telling. How tricky, that some passive bottoms want to be rather dominated by a more exotic master of the Middle East, than the Gringo neighbor or Iberian macho’s they are used to. Do you think, an Arab is going to go easier on you when they can sell into modern slavery (for them it never became "old”) your behind and even make you full eunuchs too after circumstance your very manhood, OWNED to the T?
Don’t drop the soap….
@@MotoHistory then you obviously don't know what the hell you're talking about, first of all, there is plenty of places you can go to in Spain and see Arabic temples; structures of all kinds, art. Arabic is in the language, North Africa is literally right there. For you to surmise the Arabic population didn't merge with the northern population is as ridiculous as your statement. Spanish Morocco is right there, they speak Spanish and Arabic, so the assumption that I am not Spanish when some of my family came from Villarreal, Spain; my last name...makes you look like an imbecile. Spain isn't just an isolated country, they were under Roman rule, Hannibal Bacta was raised there and he was Carthaginian, from northern Africa...you're giving racist vibes and obviously don't know your history. The remaining Arabs converted into Christianity while some left, but not all of them left. Checkmate.
Es asombrosamente parcial, y por tanto, falso