Comments by "Tahuan Tinsuyo" (@padredemishijos12) on "Omar of the Orient" channel.

  1. Both Christianity and Islam came to Spain by conquest and conversion. Therefore Islam was as native to Spain as Christianity. Spanish DNA is neither Italian nor Arabic. Neither is Italian DNA Palestinian.
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  2. Check out St. Esteban a Christian martyr born in Morocco. Estevanico, Moroccan Explorer in Southwest America. He was stranded in Florida with Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.
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  3. The Americans are trying to erase Spanish culture in the Philippines.
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  4. The peaceful embrace of Islam by indigenous Christians can be explained as a step up in social mobility in the Caliphate. The same occurred among the Berbers. Not that much Arab DNA among Northern Africans and Iberians. Not that much Roman DNA in Spain.
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  5. Excellent narrative on the history of Al Andalusia. The Catholicization of the Iberian Peninsula had important geopolitical considerations for the Christian world. It was the conquest of Constantinople in May 29, 1453 by the Ottoman Turks. The Byzantium Empire was militarily stronger than the Kingdom of Castille, and the Turks vowed to reconquer lost Muslim lands of Iberia. Spain expected a Turkish invasion as the Ottomans were already in Algeria, a stone's throw to Spain. For Spain, non Christians represented a fifth column.
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  6. There were tensions between Arabs and Berbers regarding taxation. Berbers believed that they were paying the Jizziah taxes. Umayyad brought Yemenites to battle Berbers in Spain.
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