The Spanish community from North America, Latin America, and Europe are surprised and interested to discover that our Spanish roots, Spanish culture, and even Spanish customs are related in some way or another to Muslims and their way of life (Islam). This is due to the fact that the Hispanic world population have a common ancestry from the early centuries of Islam in Spain (Al-Andalus or Andalusia) where Muslims ruled from 712 AD to 1492 AD (780 years). Islamic Spain with Cordoba as its capital was a multi-cultural mix of people ranging from Muslims, Christians, and Jews whom coexisted peacefully and prospered greatly under governing laws based on Islamic principles and morals.

Cities like Cordoba were considered centers of civilization along with other cities in the Muslim empire like Damascus, Cairo, and Baghdad. From these, Muslim scientists made great progress in applied as well as theoretical Science and Technology which eventually led to the Scientific revolution.  At this time Europe was still living in the dark ages without any infracstucture or central government. The influence of Islamic thought and order brought a degree of civilization to Europe that matched the heights of the Roman Empire and the Italian Renaissance. Listen to some of the contributions of Islam to humanity.