Spanish Christians under Muslim rule became culturally and linguistically Arabized.

Evidence

The Christians love to read the poems and romances of the Arabs; they study the Arab theologians and philosophers, not to refute them but to form a correct and elegant Arabic. Where is the layman who now reads the Latin commentaries on the Holy Scriptures, or who studies the Gospels, prophets or Apostles? Alas! all talented young Christians read and study with enthusiasm the Arab books; they gather immense libraries at great expense; they despise the Christian literature as unworthy of attention. They have forgotten their language. For every one who can write a letter in Latin to a friend, there are a thousand who can express themselves in Arabic with elegance, and write better poems in this language than the Arabs themselves. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 501 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Spanish Christians under Muslim rule forged anti-Islam polemics for the same reasons; Christians under Muslim rule in Spain shifted from martyr-seeking to pragmatic accommodation — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 552; Spanish Muslims were not visually distinguishable from Christians by appearance alone — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 81 (+21 more)

Broader Connections

• Christians in ninth-century Spain adopted Arabic at Latin’s expense #exemplifies (1.00) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 501
• Christian youths in Muslim Spain abandoned Latin for elegant Arabic culture #exemplifies (1.00)
• Christians under Muslim rule in Spain shifted from martyr-seeking to pragmatic accommodation #expands (0.95) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 552
• Muslim culture exerted attraction on Christian settlers in Granada #corroborates (0.95)
• Spanish Muslims were not visually distinguishable from Christians by appearance alone #complicates (0.90) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 81
• High Islamic culture arrived in Spain suddenly rather than evolving gradually #complicates (0.80)
• Christian views of Islam shifted from chastisement to Antichrist as Muslim power grew. #complicates (0.80) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 335
• Minority religions rebuilt Spanish as distinct languages to reject Christian cultural hegemony #complicates (0.75) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 658
• Christian policy toward Muslims shifted once Iberian monarchs no longer feared Islamic reprisals #complicates (0.75) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 128
• Anti-Muslim polemics legitimated Christian subjugation of Spanish Muslims #complicates (0.75) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 71
• Friction among Christian authorities gave Spanish Muslims hope of relief #complicates (0.75) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 516
• Non-Arabic-speaking Spanish Muslims kept writing in Arabic as their sacred language #complicates (0.75)
• Settlers feared that without wine and radio they would become Arabized #complicates (0.75) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 262
• Three-quarters of Algerian Jews were Arabized natives who considered themselves Algerians #complicates (0.75) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 502
• Egypt’s medical education was fully Arabized within a generation #complicates (0.75) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1127