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There was a town in Spain which had a yearly celebration of Spain’s victory over Islam. They would torch an effigy of Mad Now at the end of the event. Last I heard political correctness put an end to it.


3 posted on 02/24/2020 12:50:15 AM PST by Nateman ( Unless the left is screaming you are doing it wrong.)
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To: Nateman
Fiestas de Moros y Cristianos These celebrations are known as the Fiestas de Moros y Cristianos (Festivals of Moors and Christians). More than a hundred are held in Spain in different localities. Some last for days and feature elaborate and colourful re-enactments of battles.
The president of the Federación Española de Entidades Religiosas Islámicas (FEERI) [Spanish Federation of Islamic Religious Assocations] and the imam of Malaga mosque said the festivals should be discontinued because of the image they give of Muslims, saying the celebrations “have no place in a democratic Spain”.

and now the threat

“We will never justify violent acts but there is a need to show restraint and take into account what the prophet Mohammed means to us. This cannot be taken lightly because it could result in elements of discord.”

ALLAH IS SATAN!!


5 posted on 02/24/2020 1:18:15 AM PST by SanchoP (DC is the deep state.)
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To: Nateman
I live in Spain, steps from not only the spot where in 755 Umayyad Abd ar-Rahman I of Damascus, the founder of the Emirate of Cordoba, arrived from North Africa to establish his kingdom, but also the spot where the Muslims were driven out in 1489. At the base of the spot, called the Peñon del Santo, is a statue of Abd al-Rahman I and at the top is a huge cross that is lit up at night and visible many miles out to sea, put there to commemorate the return to Christian rule. Other than that there are no celebrations, good bad or indifferent. We do celebrate Semana Santa, the week leading up to Easter, where they parade huge religious statues carried by over 100 men and women through the streets at all hours of the night and day leading up to Easter. If there was a celebration to mark victory over Muslims it would have been done away not out of political correctness but because it wasn't enough of a tourist attraction to justify the cost. Our other big celebration is the 3 King's parade on January 6th. The end of Christianity in Spain is more media wishful thinking that actual reality.

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Finally, so you can get a basic idea of what it's like, Semana Santa This celebration is repeated in thousands of towns across the country, most just as elaborate or more elaborate than ours.

8 posted on 02/24/2020 2:04:02 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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