The Reconquista had finally driven out the Moors from Spain in 1492 - 26 years before Cortez entered Tenochtitlan and began the dismantling of indigenous religion. The Spanish Catholics were the Wahhabis of the day.
Thought Experiment: If the Iberian Moors were still in power in 1518,would we today be calling Latin Americans "Arabs"?
Similarly, popular opinion in Israel likes to call Palestinians "Arabs" because they adopted the language of their conquerors.
Thought Experiment: If the Iberian Moors were still in power in 1518,would we today be calling Latin Americans "Arabs"?
Similarly, popular opinion in Israel likes to call Palestinians "Arabs" because they adopted the language of their conquerors.