{"id":6694,"date":"2016-09-27T04:24:35","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T03:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6694"},"modified":"2016-11-01T04:30:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T03:30:23","slug":"jihadists-target-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2016\/09\/27\/jihadists-target-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Jihadists Target Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2016\/09\/27\/jihadists-target-spain\/spain-jihad\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6695\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6695\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/spain-jihad.jpg\" alt=\"spain-jihad\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/spain-jihad.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/spain-jihad-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Islamic militants are stepping up a propaganda war against Spain.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Jihadists Target Spain<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/9025\/jihadists-target-spain\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | September 27, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Islamic militants are stepping up a propaganda war against Spain. In recent months, Islamic State and other jihadist groups have produced a flurry of videos and documents calling on Muslims to reconquer al-Andalus.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Andalus is the Arabic name given to those parts of Spain, Portugal and France occupied by Muslim conquerors (also known as the Moors) from 711 to 1492. Many Muslims believe that territories Muslims lost during the Christian Reconquest of Spain still belong to the realm of Islam. They claim that Islamic law gives them the right to re-establish Muslim rule there.<\/p>\n<p>A recent Islamic State <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertaddigital.com\/espana\/2016-07-27\/estado-islamico-amenaza-a-espana-es-un-estado-criminal-que-usurpa-nuestra-tierra-1276579332\/\" target=\"_blank\">document<\/a> includes a list of grievances against Spain for wrongs done to Muslims since the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa on July 16, 1212, when the Christian forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile routed the Almohad Muslim rulers of the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula. More than 100,000 Muslims were killed in the battle, which was a key victory in the Catholic Monarchs\u2019 \u201cReconquista\u201d of Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The document said that since the establishment of the Spanish Inquisition in 1478, Spain \u201chas done everything to destroy the Koran.\u201d It said that Spain tortured Muslims including burning them alive. Therefore, according to the Islamic State, \u201cSpain is a criminal state that usurps our land.\u201d The document calls on jihadists to \u201creconnoiter airline and train routes for attacks.\u201d It also calls on followers to \u201cpoison food and water\u201d with insecticides.<\/p>\n<p>The document concludes: \u201cThe actions of your ancestors are the reason for our actions today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/9025\/jihadists-target-spain\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamic militants are stepping up a propaganda war against Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48,109],"tags":[128,181,169,30,177],"class_list":["post-6694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam-in-europe","category-spain-islam-in-europe","tag-european-jihadists-in-syria","tag-islam-in-europe","tag-islamic-state","tag-terrorism","tag-spain"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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