What was the most importantbfactor in the establishment of a long-term Muslim presence in Spain ?
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Spain's proximity to North Africa and its small land border with the Kingdom of Morocco (and Spanish colonial rule in North Africa, which lasted from 1912 to 1975) made the Muslim presence in Spain possible.
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Throughout modern history there has always been a constant presence of Muslims in Spain, many of whom were former slaves (known as 'moros cortados') freed in the early 18th century.[citation needed] Spain's proximity to North Africa and its small land border with the Kingdom of Morocco (and Spanish colonial rule in North Africa, which lasted from 1912 to 1975) made the Muslim presence in Spain possible. Moroccan Muslims played a significant role during Spain's Civil War (1936–1939), fighting on the Nationalist side, including a Lieutenant General named Mohamed Meziane, a close friend of General Francisco Franco, who later became Captain General of Ceuta, Galicia and governor of the Canary Islands during his post-war career.
Moroccans were not required to have a visa to enter Spain until 1985. This however changed with Spain's growing economic development and its entry into the European Union, after which stricter immigration controls were imposed. Immigration to Spain exploded in the 1990s, with Moroccans of both sexes arriving in large numbers and becoming Spain's first important economic immigrant community. In the 2000s, migrants started arriving in some numbers from other Muslim-majority countries (and from Latin America and Eastern Europe). Nowadays the Muslim population in Spain, which represents the 4.45% of the total Spanish population, is composed of 42% Spanish citizens (most of them with foreign family origins) and 38.8% Moroccans
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