Why do Spanish people deny their Arab origins?

What you call "Arab" was actually a mixed bag of ethnicities, from berbers to Arabs. All of them usually known as Moors. Moors had a common religious identity and they were muslims. Current Spaniards are descendant of the native Iberian populatio... read more

For the same reason that Arabs deny their predominant Italian and Greek origins. While Italians and Greeks ruled over the ancestors of modern day Arabs for well over 1000 years, that influence has been completely erased. read more

Each has left their mark on our history, and each is remembered, some fondly, some with hate. Only an idiot that accidentally read"Arabic conquest of Sicily" somewhere could believe that only the Arabs have influenced Italian culture, and predominantly so. Obviously, what he really means is"Italians are niggers", but even that is stupid. read more