The stereotypical vision of the'other in religion' in al-Andalus through literature

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the stereotyped view of other religious groups in al-Andalus during the Middle Ages based on literary texts. The study will focus on the image of the Christian and the Jew in the Andalusian culture through these texts, and will analyze how political disagreements, in particular, contributed to the emergence of negative stereotypes about these two groups without being the religious difference responsible for the intolerance or hate that appeared among the three monotheistic religions. The study will also reveal that once the political interest is absent, the vision of the other in religion becomes positive, since al-Andalus as a whole cannot be understood without its religious diversity, which is more important than any other cultural factor.