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Jews constituted a significant element in the population of the medieval Muslim West, which in the Middle Ages included much of Spain as well as North Africa. They became linguistically arabized by the tenth century and adopted many elements of Islamic general culture. There were, however, limitations—both self-made and imposed by the dominant society. This article discusses the areas of contact and integration they had with Islamic culture, on the one hand, and boundaries of separation and differentiation, on the other.
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