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Abdelkhalek Cheddadi, « Émigrer ou rester ? », Cahiers de la Méditerranée, ID : 10.4000/cdlm.4903
The question of residence of Muslims in territory conquered by the Christians in the Iberian Peninsula has been the subject of several fatwas in Muslim West. The dominant position states that emigration is a religious obligation which can not be infringed. The most representative fatwa is from the mufti of Fez al-Wansharisi, written in 1491 on the eve of the fall of Granada. Regarding the Morisco period, the text of al-Maghrawi, written in 1504 and sent to a group of Muslims who have already undergone forced conversion seems to ignore the issue of emigration and legalizes the practice of dissimulation. The Moriscos as did the Mudéjars before were confronted to this dilemma: to migrate or stay. The various fatwas which are known to us shed light on certain aspects of the attitude of “those who remained”.