Speculating Taqiyya in Angevin-Swabian Malta: A Historical Perspective of Hypothetical Crypto-Muslim Practices: A Historical Perspective of Hypothetical Crypto-Muslim Practices
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Márton Iványi, « Speculating Taqiyya in Angevin-Swabian Malta: A Historical Perspective of Hypothetical Crypto-Muslim Practices: A Historical Perspective of Hypothetical Crypto-Muslim Practices », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10670/1.26e3c5...
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Although definitive evidence of taqiyya in 13th-century Malta remains elusive, linguistic, architectural, and historical indicators suggest that covert Islamic practices may have persisted despite pressures toward Latinization and conversion. The adaptation of surnames, the potential survival of underground religious customs, and Malta's unique socio-linguistic evolution all point toward a scenario in which religious dissimulation was not only possible but likely necessary for those resisting assimilation. To examine this hypothesis, our study adopts a comparative and interdisciplinary methodology, grounded in the historical and religious framework established in existing scholarship. By integrating onomastic analysis, architectural investigations, and parallels with analogous medieval European cases, we aim to contextualize the persistence of Islamic identity in post-Muslim Malta within a broader historical discourse.
