Commenting on Spain's recent recognition of a Palestinian state, Israel's foreign minister- Israel Katz- furiously commented that "if this ignorant, hate-filled individual [Spain's deputy prime minister] wants to understand what radical Islam truly seeks, she should study the 700 years of Islamic rule in al-Andalus- today's Spain." The comment itself was met with much derision as reflecting ignorance of the history of Muslim Spain (al-Andalus). It does, however, afford an opportunity to explore in more detail how jihadists (who are equated with 'radical Islam') view and understand the history of al-Andalus, spanning the time of the initial conquest in 711 CE until the fall of Granada in 1492 CE.
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