Juan Andrés (convert)
Juan Andrés (Latin: Joannes Andreas; fl. 1487-1515), is the name chosen by a Spanish Muslim scholar who converted to Catholicism and wrote a well known polemical work against Islam, Confusion or Confutation of the Mohammedan Sect and of the Qur'an (Spanish: Confusión o confutación de la secta mahomética y del Alcorán).
Juan Andrés | |
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Born | 15th century Xàtiva, Spain |
Died | 16th century (?) |
Pen name | alfaquí |
Occupation | scholar, priest |
Period | Renaissance |
Genre | Christian polemic against Islam |
Notable works | Confusion de la secta mahomatica (Valencia, 1515) |
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