January 22, 2005
YOU FIRST:
King snubs Moroccan plea for apology (Isambard Wilkinson, 20/01/2005, Daily Telegraph)
Descendants of the Moors expelled from Spain 500 years ago failed to receive an apology from King Juan Carlos as he toured Morocco yesterday.Residents of Tetouan, many of whose ancestors were driven from the Iberian peninsula by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, said an opportunity had been lost to heal an historic wound, which has become all the more sensitive in recent years.
Have the Moors apologized for invading yet?
Posted by Orrin Judd at January 22, 2005 6:32 PM
If an apology would set things right for an expulsion, then the UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, France, and others might want to jot that down for future reference.
Posted by: Axel Kassel at January 22, 2005 11:24 PMHave the Moors apologized for invading yet?
"In the name of Allah, the beneficient, the merciful: We apologize to the residents of al-Andalus, who are sons of monkeys and pigs, for not forcibly converting them to Islam hundreds of years ago and saving them from the depths of hell, where their eyes shall be plucked and demons shall pour boiling water on their bellies for all eternity, Allah willing.
Signed,
Abdullah al-Jihad al-Umayyad XXXIII"