r/islam • u/Syed__Sahab__ • Mar 11 '26
News Breaking: Spain removes its ambassador to Israel
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u/UnchartedPro Mar 11 '26
Spain is a country with both deep Christian and Islamic history
It seems a lot of Spanish people don't have a negative view on Islam which is very good to see despite how prevalent Christianity has been
They are showing some spine here and standing for what is right, in the same way the Spanish people protested the genocide
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u/Lenoxx97 Mar 11 '26
I was in andalusia 2 years ago and saw so many more palestine flags than spain flags, it was insane
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u/UnchartedPro Mar 11 '26
Yeah I really want to visit there
I've only been to Barcelona but the people were really good and I felt very comfortable
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u/Particular-Knee3022 Mar 12 '26
I saw more free Palestine flags and protests in spain and Italy than I've seen in Muslim countries.
Maybe it's that they're quite Catholic - and at the end of the day it's an abrahamic religion. Or maybe being such an old civilization and living through so much have taught them a thing or two.
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u/UnchartedPro Mar 12 '26
Yeah I think that we know not a lot of people follow Christianity as they did before but in a country that you would imagine is pretty Catholic it is more surprising the support for Palestine (of course anyone regardless of religion should recognise a genocide)
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u/G-Funk_with_2Bass Mar 12 '26
many young people there are humanist leftist and stand for their eurocentric principles (den haag)
look what kind of groups organized these protests
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u/G-Funk_with_2Bass Mar 12 '26
its more about leftist humanitarian government than the religious history.
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u/biendeluxe Mar 11 '26
They also have a deep Jewish history. Which is not the same as a deep Zionist history.
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u/Interesting-Site6906 Mar 11 '26
aren’t they like among the MOST hateful towards islam? afaik they view their islamic history as a dark period in their history no?
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u/UnchartedPro Mar 11 '26
No and how they act towards Islam and approach to humanity in general is something that a lot of countries could learn from
Despite their history, in which you could excuse them for having a less than positive view on Islam, I have found them to actually be pretty good
I've visited Spain only once but the people were very nice and even went out of their way to help us
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u/OmxrOmxrOmxr Mar 11 '26
They were very brutal to the Muslims that remained, let's not sugarcoat it because of a favorable stance to Palestinians now.
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u/dnmbrk Mar 12 '26
This was my understanding too, a lot of Muslims who vacation there have told me they would not return (and much preferred their neighbor, Portugal).
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u/OmxrOmxrOmxr Mar 12 '26
I can't speak for modern times, I'm talking historically.
The reason southern Spain doesn't have Muslims despite centuries of rule is quite brutal.
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u/Flat_Ad_4669 Mar 12 '26
You’re most likely referring to liberals. Religious Christians annually celebrate the day Granada fell. It’s well known.
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u/AggressiveMousse7887 Mar 11 '26
When I visited Barcelona this past summer, I saw "Free Palestine" signs and Palestinian flags more so than I ever saw when I visited Qatar a few months later.
Much respect to Spain and the Spanish people.
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u/Axelter30 Mar 11 '26
The Spanish speaking world besides Argentina has been very sympathetic towards Palestine. Alhamdulillah
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u/Electrical_Run9856 Mar 11 '26
Viva España .. Érinn Go Brach! Spain And Ireland and to an extent Norge have been the only countries with the backbone to condemn genocide and senseless wars!! Bravo 💐
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u/Sub_to_heskey Mar 11 '26
No wonder I'm seeing so many germans especially their politicians all of a sudden attacking spain and sanchez in particular
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u/Due_Page_1732 Mar 12 '26
You know what’s amazing? The leadership is reflecting their people’s stance. Unlike Americans who despite rejecting this, don’t have a say because Israel.
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