After 1526 no public Islamic profession was heard in Spain
Evidence
After 1526 there were certainly many Muslims in Spain, but they all had to be crypto-Muslims, and the public profession of faith (idhan), an act of such crucial importance in Islam, could no longer be heard in the land. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 503
Categorization
- DEFINE: Clarifies that ‘crypto-Muslim’ status means the public call to faith (idhan) vanished entirely, defining the watershed nature of 1526.