Islamic jurists devised rulings permitting clandestine practice for Moriscos

Evidence

The fatwa, it will be seen, provides detailed rulings on a whole range of points, but it was above all important because of the original solution that it proposed to the general question of whether a Muslim could fulfill his or her obligations in conditions of clandestinity. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 338

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the general sociology of religious ‘dissimulation’ — e.g. taqiyya in Shi’a Islam, crypto-Judaism among conversos, and early Christian practice in the Roman persecution era.