Article: When Spain faced Mecca.(Television Program Review)

Byline: PETER PATERSON

When The Moors Ruled In Europe (C4); Heartbeat: Picture This (ITV1)

VERY few people, I imagine, would have had either the time or the inclination on Bonfire Night to wade through two hours of When The Moors Ruled In Europe.

Yet this account of Spain becoming transformed by invasion into a Muslim country for more than 700 years, before a Christian counterrevolution overthrew their civilisation, made not only for fascinating TV but shed light on events today.

Relevant to the present state of the world is that one of the stated ambitions of Osama Bin Laden is to restore Spain to its historic place in the Islamic ...

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