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
Born15th century
Xàtiva, Spain
Died16th century (?)
Pen namealfaquí
Occupationscholar, priest
PeriodRenaissance
GenreChristian polemic against Islam
Notable worksConfusion de la secta mahomatica (Valencia, 1515)
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