On this day (1 Jan 2015), 523 years ago, the last Muslim state of al-Andalus fell. Before fajr on January 1st, 1492, Castilian soldiers made their way into the Alhambra Palace and took down the flags of Granada and replaced them with the flags of the Catholic monarchy.

Granada - The Last Muslim Kingdom of Spain

In 711, Islam made its entrance into the Iberian Peninsula. Having been invited to end the tyrannical...

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