A famous anti-Muslim polemic was in fact aimed chiefly at Jews and philosophers

Evidence

Despite the full title often attributed to Martí’s work (Pugio fidei adversus Mauros et Judaeos) there is very little anti-Islamic argumentation here. The work falls into three parts, the first of which is directed against philosophical objections to revealed monotheistic religion; it seems directed against intellectual opponents in Paris (the so-called Latin Averroists), not against Jews or Muslims. Part 2 attempts to show that the Messiah has come, and part 3 attempts to prove the Trinity; these arguments are directed against Jews. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1918 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Despite the full title often attributed to Martí’s work (Pugio fidei adversus Mauros et Judaeos) there is very little anti-Islamic argumentation here. The work falls into three parts, the first of which is directed against philosophical objections to revealed monotheistic religion; it seems directed against intellectual opponents in Paris (the so-called Latin Averroists), not against Jews or Muslims. Part 2 attempts to show that the Messiah has come, and part 3 attempts to prove the Trinity; these arguments are directed against Jews. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1918 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Voltaire’s anti-Islam attacks served his campaigns against religion itself; Anti-Muslim polemics and anti-Jewish polemics were fused together; Medieval anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim polemics became increasingly linked — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1368 (+19 more)

Broader Connections

• Even anti-Islamic polemics were patterned on anti-Jewish conventions #corroborates (1.00)
• A work titled against Muslims and Jews actually targets philosophers and Jews #corroborates (1.00) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1918
• A famous polemic title concealed that its target was Jews, not Muslims #corroborates (1.00) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1918