Who did deport Muslims from Spain? (influence, Europeans, Spanish, France)

[C.E.O]

I've known that Muslim was fired from Spain long time ago.
But who did deport them?
Were they resistance Spanish in this land “Al-Andalus” or Europeans from many countries or they were from France?

[Manolón]

Felipe III, 1609. Around 350.000 in a population of 8, 5 million.
They were "converse", most of them were ethnic Spanish with some distant Moorish ascendant and did not speak Arabic, but Spanish. Their knowledge of the Islamic faith was extremely poor.

[C.E.O]

Thank you Manolón.

[John Walmsley]

To put a finer pint on it, many of the Muslims of Spain that had been converted to Christianity were called Moriscos. However, in the eyes of the Spanish clergy the Moriscos were suspect in their sincerity toward the Christian religion. Where Phillip II had been reluctant to deport them, Phillip III, under the urging of the archbisop of Valencia, Juan de Ribera, the decree was signed in 1609 to expel the Moriscos. Unlike many of the Jews who had been expelled from Spain decades before, the Moriscos were allowed to depart the country with as many personal goods as they could carry.

The thousands of Moriscos who fled Spain met with varying degrees of hostility, especially in Morroco, where they were still viewed as Christians. Many more thousands went to Tunisia, where they were received more favorably. An excellent book on that period is The Spanish Inquisition by Joseph Perez, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Bordeux.

[kovert]

Actually I read in 1609 or so, it was 1.6 million Moors expelled from Spain.

Still even before this since the Reconquest in the 13th century, Moors began fleeing from Iberia towards the Maghreb and Libya.

[CLTKing]

The Catholic Kings in 1492. It was a great year, Spanish Kingdom united, Moors expelled and the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus.

[Manolón]

No, Jews were expelled in 1492.

[cjester]

Originally Posted by Manolón

Felipe III, 1609. Around 350.000 in a population of 8, 5 million.
They were "converse", most of them were ethnic Spanish with some distant Moorish ascendant and did not speak Arabic, but Spanish. Their knowledge of the Islamic faith was extremely poor.

You are very ignorant about this subject. The people who were driven out did not want to give up their religion. Many Jews and others had to convert to Catholicism in order to stay, the majority did but many left.

[Manolón]

I'm taking about Moorish (Moriscos).

[cjester]

Originally Posted by Manolón

I'm taking about Moorish (Moriscos).

Including the Moors, they were given the option to convert and the vast majority did. Today one can still feel their strong influence in the Spanish language, its traditions and culture.