Jamal Awil

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Medieval art conflated Jews and Muslims in Passion narratives [fact]

Medieval and Renaissance narratives of the Passion co-identified Jews and Muslims, through such conventions as Jews praying to Mahomet and Muslims identified as Romans. These stories greatly impacted the art of the period.

XREF: Connects to pre-modern European religious othering and how artistic conventions flatten distinct groups into a generic enemy.

Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imag…, loc. 249