 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Islam yakawana nzvimbo yayo yokutanga yechokwadi muEurope kubva muna 711 zvichienda mberi, pamwe chete nokukunda kweUmayyad kweHispania. VaArab vakachinja zita renyika yacho kuti Al-Andalus, iyo yakawedzera kuti ibatanidze zvikamu zvikuru zvezvinozivikanwa sePortugal neSpain, kusabatanidza zvikomo zvokuchamhembe. Nyanzvi dzinotaura kuti Al-Andalus yakanga yava nevaMuslim vakawanda muzana remakore rechi10 pashure pokunge vanhu vakawanda vomunzvimbo yacho vatendeukira kuchiIslam. Ikoku kwakabvumirana nenhambo yeLa Convivencia yeIberian Peninsula pamwe chete nenguva yeGolden age yetsika yechiJudha muSpain. Kurwisa kwechiKristu kunozivikanwa seReconquista kwakatanga mukuvamba kwezana ramakore rechi8, apo mauto echiMuslim akakwanisa kupinda kwenguva pfupi kumaodzanyemba kweFrance. Zvishoma nezvishoma, mauto echiKristu akatanga kukundazve umambo hweAl-Andalus hwakanga hwaparadzana. Kwakanga kuchine vaMuslim kuchamhembe kweSpain, zvikurukuru muFraxinet kusvikira kuSwitzerland kutozosvikira muzana ramakore rechi10. Mauto echiMuslim aitungamirirwa nevaAghlabids akakunda Sicily pashure pezvikwata zvengoro dzakatora makore 827902, uye akanga apamba Roma muna 846. Emirate yeSicily yakatangwa muna 965. VaArab vakagara kumaodzanyemba kweItaly kusvikira vadzingwa nevaNormanmuna 1072. Pakazosvika 1236, nharaunda yekumaodzanyemba yeGranada ndiyo chete yainge yasara muSpain yaiva nevaMuslim. 