A Visit to Al-Andalus
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The year 711 AH saw the arrival of a young man named Tariq bin Ziyad on the shores of Iberia and what started the expansion of Islam into Europe. 7 years was all it took for the Muslims to take over Iberia, or al-Andalus as it was now called. The people of this land embraced Islam in the thousands, and the establishment of Islam created a society which was envied by the rest of Europe. Contained within it was a harmonious society where Christians, Jews and Muslims lived alongside each other and where minorities were free to practice their faith