भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

they had actually inhabited. Nay, this Muslim religious hold was getting more and more explosive and terrible, so as to cut asunder the whole of the Spanish nation at some future date. Those of the Spanish Christians, who could clearly foresee this impending danger and who had always awaited an opportunity to wreak their revenge, decided to root out the Muslim religious influence from Spain, as they did with their political overlordship. Christians were never fettered as Hindus were by any Religious bans on food Exchange, Reconversion and so on 627. The task of reconverting the countless Muslimized Christians was, therefore, so easy as to be readily accomplished, the moment these Spaniards simply willed it. The only difficulty was that of the Muslim political and military might. No sooner was the Muslim army destroyed than the Spanish Christians started the complete rout of the Islamic faith in one holocaust throughout Spain. Thousands of Muslimized Christians began to be rebaptized incessantly and speedily. The sporadic Muslim resistance infuriated the Spanish nation all the more. The Spanish Government, the Spanish Christian Church and the Spaniards at large vowed openly that in their country no person calling himself or herself a Muslim, nor any structure known as a mosque be allowed to remain unimpaired any longer 628. The newly independent Spanish Government gave an ultimatum that before an appointed date, every sundry Muslim—man or woman had either to court Christianity willingly or to leave the country forthwith, with family and friends, bag and baggage. Whoever failed to do either, after that date was to be beheaded mercilessly and unhesitatingly. 629. What? A Christian Government order! How atrocious! But it must be remembered that when the Muslims conquered Spain, they had imposed their faith far more brutally on the Christian populace there and flooded the street with Christian blood. Now the Christians were to rewash the streets with Muslim blood. As soon as the stipulated time elapsed, the Spanish Christians rose violently against the remaining Muslims at various places and put everyone of them—man or woman, young or old—to the sword! The Christian Church of Spain became pure with a Muslim bloodbath. Spain was rid of the Muslims entirely. And so Spain remained Christian! It was not turned into another Morocco!! 630. The same fate awaited the Muslims in Poland, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and other Christian nations. They all rid their once Muslim-