Islam in Spain

Al-Andalus () was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The name refers to the different Muslim states that controlled these territories at various times between 711 and 1492. At its greatest geographical extent, it occupied most of the peninsula as well as Septimania under Umayyad rule. These boundaries changed through a series of conquests that Western historiography has traditionally characterised as the Reconquista, eventually shrinking to the south and finally to the Emirate of Granada.

war resulting in the destruction of the Visigothic Kingdom and the expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate (711–718)

The Albaicín (), also spelled Albayzín (from ), is a neighbourhood of Granada, Spain. It is centered around a hill on the north side of the Darro River which passes through the city. The neighbourhood is notable for its historic monuments and for largely retaining its medieval street plan dating back to the Nasrid period (13th to 15th centuries), although it nonetheless went through many physical and demographic changes after the end of the Reconquista in 1492. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 1994, as an extension of the historic site of the nearby Alhambra.

thumb|14th century tower of the church of San Salvador in [[Teruel, Spain, an example of what is known as Mudéjar art]] Mudéjar were Muslims who remained in Iberia in the late medieval period following the Christian reconquest. It is also a term for Mudéjar art, which was greatly influenced by Islamic art, but produced typically by Christian craftsmen for Christian patrons. Mudéjar was used in contrast to both Muslims in Muslim-ruled areas (for example, Muslims of Granada before 1492) and Moriscos, who were often forcibly converted and may or may not have continued to secretly practice Islam.

art style in post-Islamic Spain

community descended from Muslims and Jews

islamic religion in Spain

1568–1571 rebellion of the Moriscos of the Kingdom of Granada

1504 Islamic legal opinion

1499–1501 series of uprisings

Algerian theologian and maliki jurist

13th-century revolt by some Muslim communities in Castile

Popular festival which takes place in the city of Alcoy (Alicante), Valencian Community, Spain.

aspect of history

Aljama (, , ) is a term of Arabic origin used in old official documents in Spain and Portugal to designate the self-governing communities of Moors and Jews living under Christian rule in the Iberian Peninsula. In some present-day Spanish cities, the name is still applied to the quarters where such communities lived, though they are many centuries gone.

Syrian imam (1948–2020)

712–713 siege

set of Quranic excerpts copied and used by Moriscos starting in the early 16th century

1606 manuscript with a Spanish translation of the Quran

Islamic movement founded in the 1980s

historical region

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listing of events in Spanish history