Islam in Spain

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Spain is a predominantly Christian nation located in Western Europe, with an Islamic presence dating back to the Early Middle Ages. In the modern era, Islam functions as a minority faith, primarily observed by immigrants arriving from Muslim-majority nations, along with their descendants and a small population of native Spanish converts. Islam was once a major religion on the Iberian Peninsula, beginning with the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula and ending (at least overtly) with its prohibition by the Spanish monarchy in the mid-16th century and the expulsion of the Moriscos in the early 17th century, an ethnic and religious minority of around 500,000 people. Although a significant proportion of the Moriscos returned to Spain, or avoided expulsion, the practice of Islam had faded into obscurity by the 19th century. While the 2022 official estimation of Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) indicates that 2.8% of the population of Spain profess a religion other than Catholicism...

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