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Who were the Moors of Al-Andalus?
In standard history textbooks, we are taught that the Muslims of al-Andalus were “Moors”, a term that has been ambiguously by Europeans used to refer either to Arabs, Berbers, or black Muslims, or to Muslims in general.
Are there any modern day descendants of the original Moors?
The modern day descendants of the original Mauri are most likely still Moroccan Berbers. The modern descendants of all the different peoples who were lumped into “Moors” are all kinds of people all over the place. The Moorish/Moroccan Empire spanned North Africa and all of West Africa (from the north to the south) and the Americas.
Were the Moors of Spain Muslim Spaniards?
Yet, an increasing amount of scholars (even Spanish & Portuguese ones) are recognizing that the so-called Moors of Spain were in fact Muslim Spaniards.
What is the history of Moors in the Philippines?
During the colonial era, the Portuguese introduced the names ” Ceylon Moors ” and “Indian Moors” in South Asia and Sri Lanka, and the Bengali Muslims were also called Moors. In the Philippines, the longstanding Muslim community, which predates the arrival of the Spanish, now self-identifies as the ” Moro people “,…
When did the Catholic Monarchs take control of Grenada?
The Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile took control of the Emirate of Grenada (1238-1492), the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, on January 2, 1492.
Who painted the Moors of Spain black?
As for those (mostly Afrocentrists) still presenting the Muslims in Spain as blacks and showing off paintings of black Muslim “Moors”, it suffices to say that practically all of those paintings were made by non-Iberian Europeans in the 19th to 20th centuries, over two hundred years after the last of the Moriscos was expelled from Iberia.
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