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[QUOTE]Originally posted by alTakruri: [QB] By and large, when it comes to al Andalus aka Muslim Spain the Imazighen and certain Islamized Gnawa were Moors whereas the Arabs and Arabized east Mediterraneans, Iraqis, and Iranians were Saracens. To nonAfricans there may be confusion over who are Moors but in Africa the Hasaniya speaking Beydan and Haritin of Mauritania are the Moors. They are the only people in Africa other than the few Arma along the Niger, who call themselves Moors. Many of the inhabitants of the original old Mauretania were pushed south by the Arabs. This is why Moor is such a slippery term because its definition and application to anyone, except the Mauritanians and Arma, is an externally imposed identity and will vary through time and according to the country of the observer using the word Moor. So for those who are not continental Africans, who is a Moor boils down to a cojoint Muslim and African identity that lumps together people who do not or did not consider themselves ethnically, nationally, or culturally related. For an example as to how imprecise this word really is, consider the patron saint of Germany, St Maurice the Moor. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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