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Spain restricts Morisco citizenship access
The article sheds light on the legal and historical discrimination faced by the descendants of the Muslim Moriscos who were expelled from Spain between 1609 and 1614, in contrast to the Sephardic Jewish descendants who benefited from the 2015 law and were granted Spanish citizenship easily. While the Spanish Parliament enacted a law recognizing the roots of Sephardic Jews and granting them citizenship rights without conditions, the descendants of the Moriscos remain unrecognized and face discrimination based on race and religion, with calls from Moroccan associations for equality and justice. The Spanish government's justification for limiting facilitation to Sephardic Jews is to preserve their identity and traditions, whereas the Morisco descendants are located in Morocco, where they maintain strong cultural and historical ties to Andalusia. This highlights a discrepancy in the standards used to recognize ancestral rights between the two communities.
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