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Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah wrote his Oran fatwa, arguing for the relaxation of Islamic law for forcibly converted Muslims in Spain.
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Oran fatwa
1504 Islamic legal opinion
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Forced conversions of Muslims in Spain
1502–1526 edicts outlawing Islam
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