Muslims in Spain used to be called MOORS, although in modern times, the term is considered somewhat derogatory. The current term for them is Berbers or Amazigh.
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No, Omar is an Arabic name, but considering that Arabs reached the iberian peninsula and that Arabic and Spanish cultures interacted, it is possible to find Spanish Muslims with the name Omar.
The Spanish started the Reconquista to reclaim the land from the Muslims.
The fifteenth century. Muslims were expelled from Spain in 1492.
Moriscoes
The Spanish Inquisition.
Mehdi is a name affiliated with Muslims, especially Shiite Muslims.
Muslims
Muslims had been formally expelled from Spain prior to the Spanish Inquisition. Some Muslims converted to Christianity openly, but practiced Islam in secret. The Spanish Inquisition set out to find which Muslims had not truly converted and would torture any suspects that, in their view, were secretly practicing Islam. The Spanish Inquisition reached its height in the mid-1500s and was not disbanded until the 1830s.
They are called "Los Moros" ( the Moroccans) or "Los Muselmanes" ( the Muslims)
The Spanish Inquisition.
it was called reconquista.
I think it's from the Spanish era. They were first taught Spanish. I'm not sure.