The standard of living far exceeded that of the Europeans, who were jealous and envious of the Moors accomplishments in Spain. The Christian Spaniards fought hard to rid Europe of their benevolent Muslim conquerors. There were eventually many bloody Muslim-Christian battles. A good movie showcasing these battles is El Cid featuring Elizabeth Taylor. The powerful Moors were able to hold off the Spaniards for nearly 800 years. Finally, in-house fighting and interracial sexual relationships between Moorish men and white Christian Spanish women (who remained covertly loyal to Christianity) weakened and destabilized the Moorish empire and led to consecutive military defeats. In the year 1491, the Moors surrendered the city of Granada, their last stronghold. On November 25, 1491, the Moors signed the Act of Capitulation after which Spain's King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella took possession of the city. The Spanish Christians were THANK-ful for the Moors GIVING (Thanks-Giving) up Granada, ending Islamic rule in the country. This was a merry and festive day in the eyes of the Europeans and would henceforth be a day of THANKS.
The defeat of the Moors brought 3 options: (1) Replace their Islamic and Asiatic customs with European customs and Christianity, (2) Be expelled from Spain, (3) Face execution!
After the expulsion of the Moors, Cardinal Ximenes (backed by Pope Alexander VI of Rome and Queen Isabella) ordered the destruction of the beautiful and stunning Moorish libraries and mosques. Many Moors were driven into West Africa and were later captured and sold into America as slaves. Some of these slaves came on the slave ships of Christopher Columbus (a Spanish Jew) who was commissioned by Queen Isabella on his voyage to the New World. Many other Moors sought refuge in the country of Anatolia. These expelled Muslims [Moors] from Spain would later be called Turks, (as in Turkish Moors) and the country would later be renamed Turkey (by Europeans).
After the expulsion of the Moors, Europeans began to annually celebrate November 25th. There would be great feasts all over Spain and Europe. Turkey bird was not the main meat dish served, but a fat roasted pig with an apple in its mouth (representing or symbolizing rebirth or a new beginning). Europeans ate so much on this feast day that virtually nobody could work the next day (which explains why in modern times many corporate jobs give their employees the day after Thanksgiving off!).
Years later, Europeans would begin to take revenge on the Moors, now called Turks, because of the sexual relations the Moors held with white Christian Spaniard women. The black men [Moors] were mockingly called Turkeys, and were called this by European men because of their alleged wild and uncivilized nature.? European Christians would now go on a Turkey shoot or Turkey hunt.? The hunting of the stern Kharijite Moor from Turkey (Anatolia) became an act highly regarded by Europeans at the time. In the process of the turkey shoot Europeans would engage in the wholesale slaughter of the black-skinned Turkish Moors. Innocent Moors would be hunted down cold-blooded by European Christians. Many others would be captured, tied by their wrists and ankles with rope and roasted ALIVE (just like you roast that turkey bird in the oven for Thanksgiving dinner).
The Moors that were not roasted alive would be laid on the ground and a European male would take a knife and literally CARVE up the Turk (which is what many people are re-enacting when they carve the turkey bird on Thanksgiving). This bloodied, carved up Turk (black man) would then have his internal organs removed and then would be stuffed with certain fabric material (the sick origin of stuffing the turkey bird with bread stuffing or dressing). The Moorish woman was literally carved and cut apart the way meat-eaters and butchers today cut up a chicken. Many a European man would say, give me a breast! or I'll take a thigh! or I want a leg, just like meat-eaters do today when they are ordering fried chicken. Breasts, thighs, legs, are all female sexual-related and connotated body parts, as women are sized up and critiqued by the size of their breasts, thickness of their thighs, and the smoothness and built of their legs. Feminist meat-eaters should think about the sexual politics of meat the next time they brutally bite into a piece of chicken (or any animal commonly eaten today for that matter, as all eaten meats are female).
After this violent and brutal act supra, European men would then engage in joyous merry-making which would culminate with a great big feast. This is what you call THANKSGIVING and eagerly celebrate every year under the false notion that you are celebrating the friendly act and feast between Native Americans (so-called Indians) and European settlers called Pilgrims.
via: Dherbs
