Juan Andrés (convert)
Juan Andrés | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15th century Xàtiva, Spain |
| Died | 16th century (?) |
| Pen name | alfaquí |
| Occupation | scholar, priest |
| Period | Renaissance |
| Genre | Christian polemic against Islam |
| Notable works | Confusion 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).