Tag: Moors
Calif. Arab sparks debate over ethnic mascots
December 2, 2013
LOS ANGELES — On game days in Thermal, where date farms and desert surroundings evoke the Middle East and nearby communities have...
Spain recognizes Morisco population
The Spanish parliament will vote on an initiative to recognize the injustice done to the Moors expelled from the country 400 years ago. The...
Moorish historians want Spain to apologize upon the 400th anniversary of...
400 years after King Philip III signed an order to expel 300,000 Moriscos – or part-Muslims who had converted from Islam to Christianity, some...
Toning Down the “Reconquista”
Spanish villages are toning down traditional fiestas in which revelers blow up dummies representing the Prophet Mohammed for fear of offending Muslims, the newspaper...
