التعايش بين المسلمين و النصارى في الأندلس في ظل الدولة الأموية و ملوك الطوائف 138-484 ه 755-1091 م

Abstract EN

When muslims conquered Andalusia, they met the local inhabitants some were Jews and the vast majority were christians practising the catholic doctrine.

Some of them embraced Islam, but big numbers remained on their christianity and preferred to live under muslim rule.

Muslims treated christians of Andalusia very well according to a number of verses of the Koran, hadiths of the Prophet and sayings of the godly ancestors, so they left the christians their churches and their monasteries, and they gave them the freedom to perform their worship rituals as the ringing of bells inside and outside churches.

The Churche continued its social mission in Andalusia as celebrating marriage contracts, baptizing newly born christians and registering sales contracts among christians.

On top of this, the Andalusian church gained its independence from the papacy center in Rome during the Islamic rule.

Christians were also free to run their administrative affairs, they elected their earls and judges to represent them at the ruling authority without any muslim rulers’interference.

Muslims also used the christians of Andalusia in managing the country, so they consulted them on sensitive issues concerning the security of Andalusia.They considered their opinions and employed them in high positions such as writing ( al Kitaba ) and ministry.

They recruited them into the army, so some of them reached the highest military ranks, and some muslim rulers of Andalusia took military troops of christians and gained every confidence in them.

To sum it up, we can say that the christians of Andalusia lived their best time under the islamic rule in the mentioned above period.