{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Twist Islamophobia","provider_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en","author_name":"Fundaci\u00f3n de Cultura Isl\u00e1mica","author_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/author\/funci\/","title":"'Convivencia', what is it all about? (Part I) - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"z40qCvNRkX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2025\/04\/02\/convivencia-what-is-it-all-about-part-i\/\">&#8216;Convivencia&#8217;, what is it all about? (Part I)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2025\/04\/02\/convivencia-what-is-it-all-about-part-i\/embed\/#?secret=z40qCvNRkX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;&#8216;Convivencia&#8217;, what is it all about? (Part I)&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"z40qCvNRkX\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/yanhao-fang-F6y4i5gJdno-unsplash.jpg","thumbnail_width":900,"thumbnail_height":600,"description":"The Convivencia in question Convivencia: Spanish noun, from convivir, to live with the other, used by historians in the 20th century to describe inter-religious coexistence in al-Andalus, between the 8th and 15th centuries. The roots of this word, and of its Occitan twin Convivencia, lie in an ancient Pyrenean matrimonial alliance\u00a0[1]. In the 8th century, Ll\u00edvia, a small Pyrenean town in Cerdagne, welcomed an Amazigh\/Berber-Occitan couple. He was killed, she was exiled, the marriage ended badly. But this union, later magnified by the romantics, continues to nourish the concept of Convivencia, a concept with strong political potential. A story of halted territorial expansion, a pact between dissidents, an &#8220;unnatural&#8221; marriage and, ultimately, the re-establishment of the warrior order. Convivencia is part of the history of the Occitan Mediterranean region, which saw the peaceful cohabitation of Sephardic Jews from Spain, Muslims (Arabo-Andalusians) occupying Septimania (today&#8217;s Languedoc Roussillon) and Provence, and the Visigoths building Toulouse (Tolosa). This small world traded skilfully, Narbonne shone as brightly as Byzantium, and marriages between communities strengthened alliances\u00a0[2]. Occitanie is a land of historic welcome. It has integrated and helped many peoples, tolerated or assimilated many different origins. A singular state of mind that took as its ..."}