President de Sousa: "Islam is in Portugals soul"

[Teutone]

“Islam is in Portugal’s soul,” said the Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa while standing at the entrance of the Central Mosque of Lisbon for the 50th anniversary commemorations.

Most of what is now Portugal was under Islamic rule for over 500 years. In 711, Muslim armies sailed from North Africa and quickly took control of large parts of Portugal and Spain, which became known in Arabic as al-Andalus.

“We might at times not be fully aware of the profound heritage left by Arabs in Portuguese society and culture,” the president said. “But it was and continues to be very important.”

The Islamic period left important monuments in the south of Spain. The Great Mosque of Cordoba and the complex of palaces of Alhambra in Granada are among the most famous examples of grandiose Islamic architecture.

Although there are few Islamic monuments in Portugal, five centuries of Islamic rule left deep traces in Portuguese language and culture.

“Al-Andalus was a golden age for humanity. Muslims, Jews and Followers of the Pope coexisted relatively peacefully and science and culture thrived, untill Reconquista marked the first holocaust on European soil and marked the decline of Iberia” says the writer, poet and scholar Adalberto Alves.

[alnortedelsur]

What the anti-Portuguese government's president says, of course don't represent the feelings of the Portuguese people.

Shame on him!

[Teutone]

What the anti-Portuguese government's president says, of course don't represent the feeling of the Portuguese people.

Thats why he got re-elected in a landslide?

[alnortedelsur]

Thats why he got re-elected in a landslide?

That he was elected doesn't mean that what he says represents Portuguese people feelings.

They should learn from this, and never again vote for socialists if most of them have a working brain.

[Teutone]

That he was elected doesn't mean that what he says represents Portuguese people feelings.

They should learn from this, and never again vote for socialists if most of them have a working brain.

He will be re-elected no matter what you want to believe.

There will be no change through Parlament in 90% of EU members. It will slowly but surely become worse and worse, if they push too hard, they wait and push again, just with enough time so people wont notice and it works gloriously, respect.

[Jaromir]

Spanish president is next, I believe

[sioned]

Spain and Portugal were occupied by foreign invaders, muslems coming from Northern Africa. What we now see is traitors who in name of multiculti grap justify the era of islam rule. Unbelievable. Just unbeluevable.

[Teutone]

Spain and Portugal were occupied by foreign invaders, muslems coming from Northern Africa. What we now see is traitors who in name of multiculti grap justify the era of islam rule. Unbelievable. Just unbeluevable.

In any way it was better than the rule post enlightenment and furthermore post Salazar.

[sioned]

In any way it was better than the rule post enlightenment and furthermore post Salazar.

de Sousa is a traitor who deserves a rope on his neck ....

[Teutone]

de Sousa is a traitor who deserves a rope on his neck ....

Keep fantasizing, I advice you to rather learn mandarin or arabic.