Getting Used to Calling Spain "Al-Andalus"

Pajamas Media has a sad but thought-provoking article that refutes the claim that the prospect of an Islamic reconquest of Spain is nothing more than right-wing fear-mongering. Here's an excerpt that provides some historical perspective:

"Critics such as Matthew Yglesias seem unaware that jihadists will not rest until the caliphate is reestablished on the Iberian Peninsula because they feel compelled to reconquer any country or territory that has at one time been under the domain of Islam. Spain is the most important of these lands because it was the largest Christian territory conquered in Europe and it represented the summit of Islamic civilization. The loss of Al-Andalus was therefore the most important loss ever suffered by the Ummah (the community of Muslims). Thus, freeing Spain from an illegal and illegitimate occupation by infidels would prove that all other Islamist goals can be achieved."