The secret Muslim history of Spanish Culture
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- Islam was a social and political force in Spain for over 800 years; 3 times the entire history of the United States. And yet, the impact the Muslims had on Spain and modern Spanish culture is rarely ever acknowledged.
In this episode, I tell you the story of how Islam entered Spain, how the Muslims of that time still have influence on modern Spanish Culture and some possible reasons why Spain's Muslim past is rarely discussed today.
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'm Spanish and didn't realize that so many Spaniards deny arab influence in our history, arquitecture, cuisine, language and so on. I have always been proud of what muslims brought us. While Europe was living in the dark ages , a great culture flourished in Al-Andalus. All the knowledge from India and Persia from algebra to astronomy was brought here in that time. It's sad to see we've gone back to the dark ages.
Eghh yes we live in dark age and Arab who live in desert sourounded with camel brings us culture ... Yes thanks Arab .... Arab from middle east who never now what happens around them they just start to be human after discovering oil by European,are proud now because they are iflunced Spain had a big culture debat with us .... How is this possible???? Someone from no where no culture nothing in history beeing the one who bring us architecture cuisine ..... ??? !!!
@@subservant6766 I'm afraid you seem to be much more ignorant that camels, at least they can find water right in the middle of the desert.
give me a break with the "Dark Ages" myth already.
of course Europe just like any other civilization in human history had a decline at some point.
this happened because of constant wars. there was no time for innovation of scientific progress.
and besides, Europe was not allowed to innovate because of outside influence and oppression from the Arabs and later on the Ottoman Empire.
my country of Romania and any other Balkan Peninsula countries were opreseed and lived in the Dark Ages because of the colonialism and oppression from the Ottoman Empire.
and that oppression lasted for 500+ years.
@@subservant6766 Yes, the Arabs brought you civilization such as science, cleanliness and architectural construction during the golden age of Islam. And the Arabs have a long history, such as the Rightly Guided Caliphate, the Umayyad Caliphate, and the Abbasid Caliphate, where the city of Baghdad and the city of Damascus were beacons of civilization and science, and the Arabic language was the language of science for many centuries. If you are ignorant, go and learn before you speak.
@@RedRose-cn8ln Islam doesn't mean Arab... All Islam civilization are outside Arab peninsula,,,,you mean ppl speak Arabic not Arab + Turkish Persian Kurd Berber....you can't brought civilization when you're are not civilized until 1960.
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.
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
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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
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.
@@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
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.
I am from Mexico and all this information blew my mind, they never taught us this in schools when they really should have.
Apparently we're more than Mexicas and Tainos
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.
One of the most comprehensible videos I have seen, to this startling, confusion time epoch.
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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.
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.
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.
It is great brother , I am from Afghanistan I newly immigrated to Spain , I already had study about Islam in Andulusia and Grenada, you video increased more information
Wish you all the best
Nice
Bienvenido a España. Te deseo una gran estancia.
ESPAÑA tiene cultura árabe .pero sus raíces son romana cristianas
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 TH-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!
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.
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?
@@achraf2095 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.
Brother. I have literally binged watched all your videos! Please make more content . Your are appreciated. Barakallah
Incredible video thank you !
Great job! Thank you for this amazing piece of content ❤
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
Thank you. It is a lovely documentary!
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Keep it up and we appreciate your work.
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16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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@saewha Information super star, enlighten us then.
I think anyone who can read history, knows about the Muslim influence and rule of Spain. Those same people also know that historically there was actually little genetic imprint on the native Iberian population since the natives rarely mingled/married (thus, did not convert) with the Muslims. This is reflected in modern DNA studies which show
@@missylearned9821Spanish capital is built by the Muslims. Spain was at the top of the world and now a bankrupt country. Good job.
@@missylearned9821no tanto como se pretende que creamos. Arquitectura si, en Andalucía, se olvidan de la principal románica y gótica, gastronomía….. es muy discutible, el gazpacho lo trajeron las legiones romanas, la curación del jamón del cerdo ibérico, la vid, etc. tiene mucha más influencia ibérica y romana, la lengua… 4.000 palabras, en un idioma de 88.000….. más bien son extranjerismos. Este vídeo está muy sesgado e intencionadamente destacando todo lo árabe, más de lo que es en realidad.
Thank you brother! Your effort is amazing.. Great job.
Great video brother! More people need to know this
The world for some strange reason want to downplay the influence of the Muslim nations on the ancient world. I’m so glad to hear you speak well of the Muslim heritage and influence on the world. Thank you so much for all of your hard work. Peace
Because modern muslims from north africa siria pakistan are subhumans and they aren the inventors and scientists of the 1000
INVADING, killing, raping, slavery, oppression, 1400 years of expansionist violence.
La influencia musulmana en el mundo finalizo hace como 700 años.
The strange reason is that they have not had much influence except war.
@@nastasedr?😂😂😂as if European didn't influence by wars
Thank you for this brilliant video!
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
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 🙏👍
Congratulations on such an outstanding video.
Awesome work! Thank you 😊
Excellent video! Brilliant, interesting, and scholarly comentary. Thank you for this.
this video is an eye opener.
Well done my friend! Subscribed!
but nobody called them the muslims they were th Moors
I visited Granada in Spain recently. Still has a very “Muslim feel” especially around the Al-basin area. Al-hambra is just a place for tourists now but to think at one time Muslim Royalty spent time there only few 100 years ago!! Nice video bro.
A few 100 years ago....???? You mean 700 years ago.
Les musulmans ont disparu de Grenade en 1492 c'était les derniers musulmans en Espagne, vous êtes au courant.
Au minimum ça fait 400 ans , et pas 100 ans comme vous dites.
@@aaa-qk1qi 531 annes 👍
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I have been informed that those Moors of Spain , the followers of Muhammed, the Messenger of Allah,The Revealer of the Book , The Scripture of the Glorious Qur'an also conquered half of France !!
Hurray Hurray islam
@@abdullahozek8016 il n'y a eu jamais des maures d'Espagne. Les Maures viennent d'Afrique pas d'Europe
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.
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nobody called them the muslims they were the moors
@@user-ei4ep6nt7vand what was their faith?
@@riazshaikh8108 muslim
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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.
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Lol just ignore the video then, makes sense 😂
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
Great video brother, ur editing made this easier to understand Jazakallah Khair for spreading knowledge
nobody called them the muslims they were the moors
@@user-ei4ep6nt7vand ? 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.
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
@@tyrrell0076 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.
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.
The best video of all I’ve seen so far on TH-cam , concerning Andalusian history.
Just beyond brilliant !
Great video! As a Hispanic revert I must say it was informative and very enjoyable. May ALLAH bless your. Amin
Muslims adopted every thing from Jews and Christians. They were there before Islam.
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Evangelicalism Christian is what you need,islam and catholic are not godly,islam will destroy spain and opposite to Hispanic culture
I am sorry for your delusion.
Christianity is before islam so if anyone needs to " revert" It's most of the Maghrebi, Egyptian, Syrians etc. that need to revert to the Holy faith and away from the false prophet.
@@dariomartinez459 The only delusional one is you! You worship a Trinity which is Polytheism. In other words Pagan. You don't follow Jesus pbuh, you actually follow Paul the liar, and follow a tampered book full of contradictions and mistakes my friend, you have allot to learn! I feel sorry for "your" delusion. Do some honest research and wake up my friend.
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
@@roarsarch201 Come back with a real answer.
@@CarlosVermeerschSantana
I don't care to bring counter points to your revisionist history. Cope.
@@roarsarch201 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.
Very interesting and compelling...great content!
Masha Allah. Excellent work, brother. Really enjoyed the presentation. Looking forward for more.
nobody called them the muslims they were the moors
@@thatboyn0xyread 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
Good explanation and history! Thank you!
Rubbish, over 90% of what he says is complet nonsense.
Amazing video. Congratulations!
Keep up the great work
Amazing real history you ensambled here.
This is excellent content Mashallah! Knowledge, delivery, editing all on point 👌
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it.
A very honest presentation. Well done. Appreciate it very much.
Subscribed. You should have more subscribers for such a wonderful history channel!!
yes but nobody called them the muslims they were the Moors
That's a lot for sharing and for taking the effort to compile this informative and comprehensive piece. Looking forward to more, you've just got a new sub 👍
Great video. Informative and pleasant to watch. I’m Happy to find your channel on here.
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.
We need more of your episodes!
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
Thank you for providing this fascinating information. Shalom.
the reason why may Latin Americans have names like Amir, Omar, etc, is because Arabic immigrants (in particular Syrians and Lebanese) introduced those names.
As a Dutch living 14 years in Andalusia I knew a lot already, but this was a welcome explination. Thank you.
Most of what he says is a lie.
@@EUGEN093 I've checked other vids from him. He's a huge fan but missed a lot of the real story ya. No offend to the people, but it's a little more complicated.
true. Great Doc. He only forgot to mention that Muslim and Christian did work and live together but tried to end all Jewish presence in the peninsula. Most Sinagogs were converted to either churches, Mosques or Monastries.
This is just a muslim propagandist trying to seduce you to convert to get 72 hurries.
@@EUGEN093 He is a liar. Spain is celtic, iberian, roman and wisigoth. Our ancestors were warriors and brave people that fought to get rid of the muslims. The Reconquista is one of the most amazing historic event in the world along with the conquest of America. Spain prevented Europe of being muslim at the Lepanto battle.
Great video! Btw, Portugal is also part of this and also with a very rich islamic background, even more visible as the inquisition was in here and not so intense.
Thank you for the information
I am Spanish and proud of all the richness of influences in our history
you are videos are so good and informative about islam
Really enjoy your video's. Keep up the good work!
nobody called them muslims they were the moors
Your pronunciation of Arabic is actually impressive for a non-native speaker. I can confirm that it's legit. Also the history you spoke of is very accurate and well informing.
I'm from Morocco btw, mad respect 😅👌
Someday we will learn the true history of the LOST GENERATIONS of African, Moors and Muslims in Europe---when the Vatican eventually opens the miles of records hidden in the Vatican catacombs to the scholars....
A name to remember in history is Pope Urban the 2nd, he that gave us the terminology "urbanization" and was responsible for the creation of Crusades, Inquisitions and Black Death----the systemic institutions responsible for the eradication of generations of "infidels" from Europe; and the culmination of racism, colonialization and slavery in the years immediately following the fall of Al-Andalusia and Granada....
I think he’s Arab?
@@afrobian1i think hes jew
@@stefanvermeer3209by his name Omar perhaps he is Muslim and maybe of Syrian or even Turkish origin. To me he looks Syrian
He missinform, tell half truths, lies, manipulations, to let the christians and us today as the evil ones while at the same time he romantize the muslims and andalusí period. It's not objective, he contradicts himself, and insult the spaniards with his ignorance.
Amazing commentary,
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 ?
Lol. Algorithm, Alchemy did not come from Arabs??? :)
Even the word Gibberish came Arabs. When the Algebra reached Europe, they could not understand a thing of it. So they called it Gibberish.
Europe is the dark age while Islamic word had Golden age. Now you see who stole the credits.
Europeans are the greatest thieves world has ever seen. They are still looting and pillaging Africa to this day.
Then they come and lecture on you moral values and freedom.
@@LunarBuzzWhat does it mean?
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.
Has fet molt bé amic!Molt interesant.Well done!
Proud of my Spanish and my Arabic ancestry
Spanish have heritage from all over Europe, Northern Africa, west Asia. ✌️
People often forget the Mediterranean was easier to transverse than land then, if you had the means, meaning if you were rich and clever, you'd go all over around the Mediterranean.
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
MashaAllah
JazakiAllahukhaerian good work
Very interesting video. I learned a lot.
Thanks to Spain for Greatest Surgeon of all the time the Al Zahrawi from Andalus,Spain.❤❤❤❤
Very interesting video! Thanks for putting this together.
Thank you so much :D
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
Great info, glad found this. Want to visit south Spain soon, IA.
Amazing workl
This video is amazing, masha Allah. Keep doing your research. I believe the same and it is really intriguing
MaShAllah your pretty good with those Spanish words.
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
Fascinating. Thank you.
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
🔥🔥🔥 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.
In Malaysia, you can feel Islam in your veins, even if you are not Muslim...The food you eat is Muslim prayed, you hear Muslim controlling prayer call everyday...Yet you still can choose your religion, depending on your diet... Amazing isn't it?
BTW Subbed. Enjoying the videos!
The Spanish language having 8% Arabic is a myth cause a lot of said words are Latin or Greek in origin from North African Romance languages or Iranian (Like Lemon for example). In reality, Arabic influences is more like 4% or so, which isnt that significant considering languages like English or French are 1-2% Arabic as well (words like Alcohol which are the same in all languages).
The word alcohol is found in all languages but its origin is Arabic
My respect to you
Excellent video, masha Allah
Excellent information. Thanks
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.
I am from northern Spain, where Spanish was born and almost no traces of muslim or arabic culture, but celtic roots: traditions, music (pipes), etc.... It is funny to hear you arabs staying in Spain for over 800 centuries. That was like that only in Andalucía, not in the whole Spain. Also, having some specific words does not mean a high influence on the language. Spanish is a latin language with almost the same structure as French or Italian until the point they are mutually intelligible. The words you mention are also in the rest of the languages and are loans form other languages such as: Guitarra, algodón, azúcar (guitar, cotton, sugar,..) ... Toponims as Guadalajara are not reflected in the Spanish language. We don't say wada for water, but Agua (from Latin AQUA) also we have aceituna and aceite, but we have also oliva and óleo. Conquerors were adding some words (specially related with the agriculture and toponims) as they were recovering some lands down to the south but structure of Spanish wasn't touch by Arabic, actually is along with Sardinian and Italian, Spanish is the closest to Latin (you can find some studies) I find the video quite arabic-"biased" and with deep misunderstanding of Spanish culture. Of course there is an influence, specially in southern Spain, but not that big.
I recommend you to watch some videos about Spanish language:
th-cam.com/video/opabEN-0ECY/w-d-xo.html
You can also compare languages in linguistics.eu:
Latin - Spanish: 26,1 These languages are closely related!
Arabic - Spanish: 76,6 A possible remote relatedness between these languages is speculative (p-Value* = 0,049).
Brilliant post 👏👏
Good post. What people don't understand, due to lacking sufficient historical context, is that the Arabs only remained for 800 years in the "already highly civilized" parts of Iberia which were mainly the southern and eastern parts of Iberia. The central, northern and western regions of Iberia were highly underdeveloped and the agriculture mentioned in the video could not be easily brought and started there - the Arabs themselves said those lands were barren and not worth conquering, which is why they never attempted to conquer Asturias. This is never mentioned. The Arabs never saw the value in Iberian lands comprising about the top half of Iberia, which is why it was so quickly conquered back - within one generation from the start of their invasion. So most of Iberia was nowhere near having been controlled by the Arabs for 800 years - not even 50 years for most of the north. The Arabs themselves did not attempt to do that, and they themselves explain the reason why was the worthlessness of the northern Iberian territory.
You’re absolutely right, the actual influence was in the south of Spain to some degree.
The moors were kick out entirely by the Christians
Andalucía? It was only in Granada Kingdom XD
por no decir que habla de que inventaron poco menos hasta el gazpacho y tortilla de patata cuando quedaban 700 años mas para que descubriéramos la patata y tomate... luego dice además que nos enseñaron a extraer y usar el aceite... los romanos al parecer no tuvieron nada que ver siglos antes...
I absolutely loved it!
Here in Latinamerica we say OJALÁ a thousand times a day! Putting in the hands of God what's imposible for us to handle.
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
Wow history is amazing, we would definitely get along better had we known our history!
Very right.