Tag Archives: Moorish Spain

true in the sweep

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Dave

Six and a half centuries ago, the Islamic world saw itself as the unquestioned pinnacle of civilization. What was it really like? The only answer we really have is in the diaries of Ibn Battuta, the wanderlust scholar who clocked … Continue reading →

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pieces of peace

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Dave

Hard to know what to think about this popular video that has been up for a week with 500K visits. The super secular Israeli left is highly tenacious in pursuing a given vision of what they refer to as “peace” … Continue reading →

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a holy toledo

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Dave

By the middle of the fourteenth-century the once Moslem city of Toledo had been under Christian domination for three hundred years. This period gave rise to the blend of Christian and Moslem decoration known as the Mudejar style. The city’s … Continue reading →

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the infidel, the bad and the ugly

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Dave

How things can change in a thousand years, give or take a few decades or more. There was a time when Islam ruled Iberia. They hurled themselves out of the desert, and in Spain built a civilization that lasted almost … Continue reading →

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