The New, Free Spain

From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Mon, 2008-05-19 12:57

A quote from the Islam in Europe website, 19 May 2008

Two villages in Malaga decided to ‘free” the last Moorish [Muslim] king of Al Andalus, Boabdil. Canillas de Aceituno (2,336 inhabitants) and Sedella (688 inhabitants) have approved changing their municipal coat of arms to remove the chain from around Boabdil’s neck, who surrendered Granada in 1492. According to the mayor of Canillas de Aceituno, Jose Manuel Aranda (PSOE, Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party), […] “We have decided to remove a symbol with connotations of racism and slavery that deepens the struggle for dominion among races, senseless in a new, free generation.”

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Moorish Makeover (2)

Submitted by Atlanticist911 on Tue, 2008-05-20 18:35.

How long before this is under threat?

http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/yourcouncil/1090.html

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Reminds me of the South Park

Submitted by Amsterdamsky on Mon, 2008-05-19 18:27.

Reminds me of the South Park flag.

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Moorish Makeover

Submitted by Atlanticist911 on Mon, 2008-05-19 15:56.

* Replace the crown with a star in a crescent moon.
* Change the Latin phrase to read, "All things are the creation of Allah".
* Replace the Latin script with Arabic.
* Replace the olive tree (?) with a palm tree.
 
And, there you have it, the dastardly deed is done. 
 

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They should remove the guy

Submitted by RettenTilSelvforsvar on Mon, 2008-05-19 14:57.

They should remove the guy completely from the coat of arms, since it does have "connotations of racism and slavery". Racism and slavery aimed at the Spanish people.

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Keep the Chain, Change the Figure

Submitted by B. English on Mon, 2008-05-19 14:12.

They erred in not fully rethinking the design. Replace Boabdil with a likeness of Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero-- with chain slapped around his neck. After all, Zapatero serves as a symbol of modern history's fall of the "West" to Islam.

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