Liberate Spain from the Infidels -Jonathan Dahoah-HaleviLarge parts of the Iberian Peninsula were under Islamic rule from 711 until 1492, and the memory of Islamic rule in Spain has become increasingly part of the discourse in radical Islam.
Osama bin Laden has written: "We should raise again the flag of Allah on all stolen Islamic land, from Palestine to Andalus [Spain]."
Yusuf Qaradawi of the Muslim Brotherhood, has written that while Islam was twice evicted from Europe, it is now in the process of returning.
Israel, therefore, is a small link in the greater confrontation between radical Islam and the West. Indeed, for the West, Israel constitutes a dike against the great wave of radical Islam. The very same principle invoked for waging war against Israel - recovery of what was once Islamic territory - is being applied to Spain, the Balkans, Southern Russia, and India.
European pressure on Israel to make concessions that endanger its security will only bring closer the next stage of Islam's offensive, this time aimed at the heart of Europe.
(Institute for Contemporary Affairs/Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)
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That's a point that should be considered. I am sure they are not the only faction to view the world map today and have similar thoughts. But we need to remember who we are dealing with in these cases.
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