Under the rule of Abd al-Rahman I, the Christians were ranked as an upper class and religious community. In his government, the house of Islam was not under the single rule but included other governors such as the governor of Egypt as it was since Abd al-Rahman I exile (Menocal, 81). The Christians influenced the government of the land as opposed to the Jews. However, that changed in the face of new leadership under the young Abd al-Rahman III who brought about the Muslim rule in the Arabization.
In the dawn of the Arabization, the Jews had loving relationships with the Arab culture as opposed to the Christians. Muslims, Jews, and Christians in the Iberian Peninsula did more than speaking the Arab language. They built their material wealth and culture alongside each other. The Muslims rule brought about the freedom of religion that elevated the Jews and demoted the Christians bringing them all to a level where they would equally practice religion freely. The Jews were able to join the educated class with eagerness causing them to be successful as evident in the life and career of Hasdai (Menocal, 85). Thus, The Jews were grateful for the Arabization as it brought to them the full cultural incorporation.
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On the other hand, Christians were not pleased with the new system. Christians had lost their social status which was well above the Jews in the “Arabization” causing Christians to regard the “Arabization” as cultural oppression, and their resistance caused the Mozarab Martyrs. Consequently, many Christians were converting to other religions and Christian’s population was diminishing. By the tenth century, the social impacts would be seen as the surviving Christian community was lesser and more isolated than before the Muslim rule. The Alvarus attitude promoted as a case for "Like-all or nothing' and Christians fell for the nothing since they did not agree on every religion being alike(Menocal85-86). The attitude offered the option to convert to Islam or exile to the far North West where the remaining Christians camped.
The Jewish became the sheltered minority and later embraced the third assimilation into the Islamo-Arabic culture. With their compliance, Jews remained a practicing community and upheld its religious dialect. Ultimately, the Jews developed their culture and enriched there Judaic and Hebrew legacy(Menocal, S87). The Jews were released from the Gaon who the community leader was setting the calendar for the Jews. Henceforth, the Jewish would set their calendar and eventually, the Muslims and the Jews were independent religions (Menocal, 90).
Reference
Menocal, M. R. (n.d). The ornament of the world: How Muslims, Jewish, and Christians created a culture of tolerance in medieval Spain . New York, NY: Little Brown company.
