A morisco (Spanish "Moor-like") or mourisco (Portuguese) was any Muslim of Spain or Portugal who converted to Catholicism during the reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula. The term also became a pejorative applied to those who'd converted but were suspected of secretly practicing Islam. Converted Jews (conversos) who secretly held to Judaism were called marranos. History Beginning in the early 1500's after the Reconquista, Mudéjars (Spanish Muslims) were forced to adopt Catholicism or leave… (More on Morisco)