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I believe the answer is B: The government
Islam was a widespread religion in the Iberian Peninsula, beginning with the Umayyad conquest of Hispania and ending (at least overtly) with its prohibition by the modern Spanish state in the mid-16th century and the expulsion of the Moriscos in the early 17th century, an ethnic and religious minority of around 500,000 ...
Im pretty sure it was the gold rush!!!