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When, along with the Jews, the Arabs were expelled from Spain in the 1490s, Europe lost a great source of culture, civilization, and mysticism. The Sufi tradition, knowledge, art, and meditational practice which was thus thrown out of Spain was a most valuable asset. Part of this asset was religious tolerance.

-- Notebooks Category 15: The Orient > Chapter 1 : Meetings of East and West > # 32