Editing Reconquista (section)

=== Far-right motif ===
[[File:Día de la Toma (no a la Toma).jpg|thumb|An army parade in Granada attended by [[History of the far-right in Spain|far-right]] sympathizers who are waving the [[Symbols of Francoism|Francoist flags]] (2 January 2016)]]
Along with the rhetoric of the [[crusades]], the rhetoric of the 'Reconquista' serves as a rallying point in the political discourse of the contemporary [[Far-right politics|far-right]] in Spain, Portugal and, more broadly, it also serves as a rallying point in the political discourse of the [[Radical right (Europe)|far-right]] in Europe.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter=The Reconquista revisited: mobilising medieval Iberian history in Spain, Portugal and beyond|first=Tiago João Queimada e |last=Silva|title=The Crusades in the Modern World|editor-first=Mike|editor-last=Horswell|editor-first2=Akil N.|editor-last2=Awan|year=2020|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-138-06607-6|pages=57–65}}</ref> Frequently, references to the Reconquista and the crusades are allegorically played as [[internet meme]] by 21st-century online far-right groups which seek to convey [[Islamophobia|anti-Muslim sentiments]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bogerts |first1=Lisa |last2=Fielitz |first2=Maik |chapter='Do You Want Meme War?': Understanding the Visual Memes of the German Far Right |title=Post-Digital Cultures of the Far Right: Online Actions and Offline Consequences in Europe and the US |editor1-last=Fielitz |editor1-first=Maik |editor2-last=Thurston |editor2-first=Nick |publisher=transcript Verlag |date=2019 |page=145 |chapter-url=https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/13289/Post_Digital_Cultures_137-153_Bogerts_Fielitz_Understanding_Visual_Memes_German_Far_Right_.pdf?sequence=5 |doi=10.14361/9783839446706-010 |isbn=978-3-8394-4670-6 |s2cid=158818388 }}</ref> The theme has also been used as a major rallying point by [[Identitarian movement|identitarian]] groups in France and Italy.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter=From Identity Politics to the Identitarian Movement. The Europeanisation of Cultural Stereotypes?|title=National Stereotyping, Identity Politics, European Crises|first=Karel|last=Šima|pages=75–94|doi=10.1163/9789004436107_006|year=2021|publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-43610-7 |s2cid=236580880}}</ref>

The annual commemoration of the surrender of Sultan Boabdil in Granada on 2 January acquired a markedly nationalistic undertone during the early years of the [[Francoist regime]] and, since the death of the dictator [[Francisco Franco]] in 1975, it has served as glue for extreme right groups by facilitating their open-air physical gatherings and providing them with an occasion which they can use to explicitly state their political demands.<ref name="garciasanjuan" /> A [[Spanish Legion]] unit usually parades and sings ''El novio de la muerte'' ("Boyfriend of death").<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 January 2020 |title=Así sonó 'El novio de la muerte' cantado por la Legión este 2 de enero en Granada |url=https://www.ideal.es/granada/toma-granada-legion-sono-novio-muerte-20200102144112-nt.html |access-date=9 March 2022 |website=Ideal |language=es}}</ref> The [[far right]] has also waged a [[culture war]] by claiming dates in the history of the Reconquista, such as the aforementioned 2 January or 2 February, regional festivities for the related [[autonomous communities]] ([[Andalusia]] and [[Region of Murcia|Murcia]]).<ref name="garciasanjuan">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/andalucia/en-abierto/manipulacion-pasado-ultraderecha-reaccion-academica_132_7374060.html|website=[[eldiario.es]]|first=Alejandro|last=García Sanjuan|date=3 April 2021|title=La manipulación del pasado por la ultraderecha y la reacción académica}}</ref>