I believe it was Victor Hugo who is credited with that line. What would it take for it to be commonly accepted that Iberia is more African than European? Perhaps greater North African migration during Moorish rule?
Or simply the Moors take whole Iberia and keep it for good, perhaps also expell (or slaughter) all the Christians. Pyrenees become a frontier between "Christian" Europe and "Islamic" Africa.
Or simply the Moors take whole Iberia and keep it for good, perhaps also expell (or slaughter) all the Christians. Pyrenees become a frontier between "Christian" Europe and "Islamic" Africa.
Cleansing all the Christians will be to much of a hard work at best, outright impossible at worst, and actually isn't even necessary. However, to make all of Iberia falls into muslim hands requires a PoD before the Almoravids era.