Persecuted Moriscos found their banned language suddenly prized for Bible translation work

Evidence

Thus not only does the pride and self-respect of the Christian church in Granada emerge enhanced after the discoveries, the Arabic speakers of the Kingdom of Granada could rejoice, too. From being ashamed of their language and culture, persecuted for it, at a stroke they found themselves courted precisely for their ability to read the hitherto banned language. To elucidate holy texts that explicitly spoke of their own high status was a profitable exercise from several points of view. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1268

Categorization

• SEED: The perverse incentive angle: a community can engineer a sudden reversal in the valuation of its own culture by the dominant power.