Today in History: Muslim conquest of Spain begins (711)

April 27 is a good day to nurse historical resentments.

Islamists from Osama bin Laden to Hamas are still seething at the Christian reconquest of Spain completed in 1492.
So aren’t we allowed to be annoyed that Muslims attacked it starting on April 27, 711, not 80 years after the death of Muhammad some 7,000 kilometres away?