Spain In The Crosshairs Of Islamism | MEMRI

Spain In The Crosshairs Of Islamism | MEMRI

Spain, or at least the Spain of Islamic conquest and primacy, Al-Andalus, looms large in the Islamist psyche, particularly so in the context of Islamist supremacists like Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. The Spanish speaking world today – Spain, Latin America and beyond – which has in many ways moved on from what seems a distant historic past, is often blissfully unaware of the power of symbols and of history which can and do affect us. …