> [4] Spain decides to make up for its persecution of Jews — but won't do the same for Muslims: Because they rebelled against the Spanish Crown, lost the war a

> [4] Spain decides to make up for its persecution of Jews — but won't do the same for Muslims: Because they rebelled against the Spanish Crown, lost the war and left of were expelled [1]. Through the history of Spain there has been waves of conquerors that have forced their culture to the natives (with different level of success): Carthage [2], Rome [3], Goths [4] and Arabs [5]. Most of the time, the natives converted to their masters' language, culture and religion. Of course, most of the time, those who refused to assimilate, were then battled, exterminated and those that were alive left or were expelled (Numantians in the case of the Roman conquest [6], Christians in the case of the Arab/Muslim conquest, Muslims in the case of the Christian re-conquest). It's not pretty but it's the history of the Iberian Peninsula. - [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellion_of_the_Alpujarras_(1568%E2%80%931571) - [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage - [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_the_Iberian_Peninsula - [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigothic_Kingdom - [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad_conquest_of_Hispania - [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numantia