His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, said in an intervention through the Beeline program, which is broadcast by the Sharjah Satellite Channel, on the occasion of the launch of his new author, "The Inquisition": "This book differs from my previous book (I am convicted) , Who talks about who made decisions from the king to the government, the new book deals with secret courts, practicing executions and arson, and many things against Muslims, and perhaps now the Spanish people do not know about them because they are all kept secret, and I was able to get 23 manuscripts in the form of trial files, And I looked into it and realized it, and the book will be available in libraries soon, God willing.
New legislation
His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah says in the introduction to the book: After the conquest of the Catholic monarchs in 1492 to Granada, the last remaining Muslim kingdoms in Spain, they introduced legislation to forcibly convert Muslims in Granada from their religion to Christianity, otherwise they would face exile. Although the majority chose to switch from their religion, rather than deny, the collection of documents showed that after more than half a century, Muslims continued to preserve their language, customs and practices of their religion, and one of the documents in the collection reflected the authorities ’failure to carry out a successful Christianization of Muslims.
His Highness added: I think that this book in which twenty-three files of cases against Muslims were investigated in Andalusia, the Arabic version includes: First volume: 712, Second volume: 678, Spanish version: First volume: 638, Second volume: 610. It will have an impact, Here we demand, at least, that the Mosque of Cordoba be returned to us, and we have already asked for it, so they told me that the municipality gave it to the Church, so I said to them: “Give those who do not have to those who do not deserve.” This is our property as we are Muslims, yet it is easy and close to return, God willing.
The scarcity of documents
His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah said, “The extreme scarcity of the Inquisition documents makes this group exceptionally important, to provide a voice to these silent Muslims for centuries. It is an exceptional source of information about the prosperity of Muslim civilization in Granada, which will soon disappear after Muslims react to pressure. Increased by them to leave their culture, which led to the uprising (the gospels), behind the mountains (Serranvada), also known as the War of Granada in the period from 1568-1571 ».
A prosperous world
His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah indicated that the defendants were generally among the most modest social classes in life, and among them there are many women who have had an influence in their traditional role on the religious culture of their children. By making testimonies before a judge, one can get an impression of the simplicity among the defendants who have been withdrawn from their custodial lives to face the merciless inspection machine. The rulings of the Inquisition were very harsh. In the case of three Muslim women: “Maria Albacen”, “Maria Megmegh” and “Ines de la Serna”, they were brought before one of the Inquisition, which is called “Otto de Vie,” a trial by men of the Catholic faith, on The entrances to every village or city, publicly in front of the people, if the accused denies, is burned at once and if he admits his guilt as a defector from the Catholic faith, he is sentenced to imprisonment for several years, and many have confessed sins that they did not commit, and the first such trial was in "Seville" "Sevilla" in 1481. The women memorials were forced to wear the dress of heretical dissidents from the Catholic faith convicted for the rest of their lives, and they publicly admitted their mistakes, and all their belongings were confiscated, and they were sent to prison for three years. Their condemnation seemed to be a disgrace to all of them.
The world was harming the reputation of those trials under a growing threat, and soon these trials received a decisive blow to the Muslims uprising in the "Al-Bashar" area (1568 CE-1571 CE), which was fiercely suppressed by "Philip II."
Sharjah Ruler:
• “After the Catholic Kings invaded Granada, they introduced legislation to forcibly convert Muslims from their faith.”
• "The extreme scarcity of the Inquisition documents makes this group exceptionally important."
• "The accused were among the most modest social classes in life, including many women."
The last trench
The upheaval of the "human" uprising was an attempt by the last ditch by Muslims to preserve their faith and lifestyle. The rebellion was provoked by the brutal measures included in the royal order of Philip II, on the first of January of the year 1567 AD, especially in prohibiting the use of the Arabic language, which means the annihilation of culture. According to one witness, there was great hope that the Turks would conquer Granada, and thus they would be able to practice their religion freely. Hope was futile: most of the Muslim population was expelled from the Kingdom of Granada.
Statistics
His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah concluded the book by referring to an important statistic, as those trials known as the Inquisition continued, since their founding on the first of November 1478 CE, until they were canceled on the fifteenth of July 1834 AD, and killed half a million Muslims.
The number of documented executions was as follows:
Before the year 1530 AD, about 2000 cases.
Between 1530 - 1630 AD, about 1000 cases.
After 1630 CE until its abolition, 250 cases were executed.