Juan Andrés (convert)

Juan Andrés
Born15th century
Xàtiva, Spain
Died16th century (?)
Pen namealfaquí
Occupationscholar, priest
PeriodRenaissance
GenreChristian polemic against Islam
Notable worksConfusion de la secta mahomatica (Valencia, 1515)

Juan Andrés (Latin: Joannes Andreas; fl. 1487–1515), is the name chosen by a Spanish Muslim scholar who converted to Catholicism and wrote a well known polemical work against Islam, Confusion or Confutation of the Mohammedan Sect and of the Qur'an (Spanish: Confusión o confutación de la secta mahomética y del Alcorán).

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