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Protecting the church, Pope Nicholas V in 1452 gave the right to enslave anyone who was not practicing the Christian religion, known as the Dum Diversas. The Spanish government created the Asiento system, which functioned between the years of 1543 and 1834. The Asiento allowed other countries to sell people into slavery to the Spanish.
Traditionalism (Spanish: tradicionalismo) is a Spanish political doctrine formulated in the early 19th century and developed until today.It understands politics as implementing Catholic social teaching and the social kingship of Jesus Christ, with Catholicism as the state religion and Catholic religious criteria regulating public morality and every legal aspect of Spain.
Between 1941 and 1944, Hitler's words were recorded in transcripts now known as Hitler's Table Talk. [61] The transcripts concern not only Hitler's views on war and foreign affairs, but also his characteristic attitudes on religion, culture, philosophy, personal aspirations, and his feelings towards his enemies and friends. [62]
Francoist Spain remained officially neutral during World War II but maintained close political and economic ties to Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy throughout the period of the Holocaust. Before the war, Francisco Franco had taken power in Spain at the head of a coalition of fascist, monarchist, and conservative political factions in the Spanish ...
Hitler and the Nazi party promoted Positive Christianity, [38] which rejected most traditional Christian doctrines such as the divinity of Jesus, as well as Jewish elements such as the Old Testament. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] In one widely quoted remark, he described Jesus as an "Aryan fighter" who struggled against "the power and pretensions of the ...
Irreligion in Spain is a phenomenon that has existed since at least the 17th century. [2] Secularism became relatively popular among the wealthy (although the majority of the lower classes were still very religious) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, often associated with anti-clericalism and progressive, republican, anarchist or socialist movements.
Slave armies were deployed by Sultans and Caliphs at various medieval era war fronts across the Islamic Empires, [121] [133] playing an important role in the expansion of Islam in Africa and elsewhere. [134] Slavery of men and women in Islamic states such as the Ottoman Empire, states Ze'evi, continued through the early twentieth century. [114]
Since religion is an important or a central marker of ethnic identity, some conflicts can best be described as "ethno-religious conflicts". [30] Nazi antisemitism provides another example of the contentious divide between ethnic persecution and religious persecution, because Nazi propaganda tended to construct its image of Jews by portraying ...