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If you read it carefully you will see that your own link answer s the presence of Islam in Europe:Montalban said:Wrong!
Russia is.
European Russia is situated in the western part of the country, occupying an area of 4,294,400 square kilometres, or about a quarter of the total area of the Russian Federation.
http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/edit202/modules/module1/samplewebs/drees/Euro.htm
(In total, including Asia, Russia is
Area:total: 17,075,200 sq km
land: 16,995,800 sq km
water: 79,400 sq km
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rs.html)
compared to
Spain...
Area: total: 504,782 sq km
land: 499,542 sq km
water: 5,240 sq km
note: there are 19 autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sp.html
You could say "Spain is the largest nation wholly within Europe", but that's not what you said. Sorry. Although I don't know what the size of Spain has to do with anything, other than to give me an opportunity to show empirically you're source is wrong. Thanks, bud.
And?
Show me the 'test for charm' and we can compare if it was more charming than another nation.
And? Even accepting this 'call for help', if the Moslems intended 'peace' why'd they send a general and an army.
By the way, I don't think you'll find Roderick ruled all Spain, but rather Spain was divided into many petty kingdoms; left-overs from the Germanic invasions.
Obviously they were armed with rubber bullets.
You claimed in your previous post
(emphasis mine)
How did this happen?
There comes a time when one can not have a reasoned debate, because one person wants to claim anything and everything.
As an apologist for Islam, you made the claim that not a single drop of blood was shed, and in the same thread you claim that some bloke lead an army, arrived in Spain and defeated another army... without any deaths?
"the King was killed in the battle of Guadalete"
http://www.icbh.org/topics/islam_in_spain.htm
I suppose he could have been suffocated (not a drop of blood spilt!) The Muslim army snuck up behind the Gothic one and suffocated them all!
Show me the prophecy.
By the way, what's the fact that Spain is a constitutional monarchy got to do with your argument?
Also, successive Muslim waves attacked Spain over the centuries, and local Spanish Muslims often had to seek Christian protection; from great men such as El Cid.
In 722, at Covadonga, a small army under the Visigothic king Pelayo inflicted the first defeat on the Muslims. Symbolically, this battle marked the beginning of the Reconquista, the reconquest of Spain by the Christians.
ISLAM IN SPAIN
In the beginning of the 8th century, the Goths had been ruling Spain for 200 years. They were Christians, but were very corrupt and oppressive and the people of Spain were suffering tremendously. Corruption and high taxes created two classes of people: the poor working class and the rich ruling class.
Islam was the new religion of Arabia in the 7th century. It promoted justice, fairness and morality. Islam was spreading very fast from Arabia to Northern Africa. All the Muslim lands were separated from Spain by the Strait of Gibraltar.
In 710, Moortarik, with 7,000 troops, raided Andalusia and conquered Gebal-Tarik (Gibraltar). Tarik had a firce battle with King Roderick of Spain, who had 12,000 men with him. Nevertheless, the King was killed in the battle of Guadalete and Spain was defeated. Next was the Jewish town of Cordova, which fell without resistance.
Christians and Jews prospered in Spain during the centuries that Muslims were in control. The Muslim Army went north toward France and soon Bourdeaux in the South of France, became Muslim.
So the muslims came there to bring peace and justice to Jews and chrstians, these people prospered, were better of under Muslim reign than their own king,so what are you trying to prove that muslims were barbaric,If they brought prosperity to the nation they captured how could they be bad.
They came and and took down a ruler who was corrupt any and a tyrrant,the same means that The US is using today when they say they enterred Iraq to free the people, the differecnce is that in Iraq the people are now worst off then they were before.No prosperity, they even have to queue up for their own petrol.which is in shortage for them yet Millions of barrels are heading to the west.
CYA
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