Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
European Judaism
Angaben zur Quelle:
52,2 (2019) 31-42
Keywords:
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Muslim converts from Judaism History
Abstract:
This article traces the history of the forced conversion of Jews to Islam in al-Andalus and Morocco from the Middle Ages to modern times. An account is given of the various discriminative measures and even persecution to which Jewish converts were exposed. Indeed, even though they became with time sincere and learned Muslims, just as the Marranos in Christian Spain, the sincerity of their conversion was doubted and they were constantly accused of the negative traits attributed to the Jews. The article also discusses a recently discovered defence of the New Muslims authored by an Islamic scholar of Jewish origin which throws new light on the fate of these converts.
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