Writing Romance in Arabic script was a risk-taking declaration of Islamic loyalty

Evidence

The new mode of writing, once it had emerged, became for them an important way of asserting their Islamic identity. Choosing to employ Arabic and not Latin characters was a declaration of loyalty, and a courageous one, for during much of our period the crypto-Muslim might expect trouble if it could be shown that he possessed texts written in Arabic characters. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 619 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Writing in Arabic script was a dangerous declaration of Islamic loyalty for crypto-Muslims — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 619; Persecuted crypto-Muslims invented a written Romance language in Arabic script to preserve their culture. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 596; Spain’s crypto-Muslims adopted vernacular-in-Arabic-script writing as an identity survival strategy — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 638 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Writing in Arabic script was a dangerous declaration of Islamic loyalty for crypto-Muslims #corroborates (0.97) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 619