A medieval chronicler portrayed Muslim paradise as carnal reward for killing Christians

Evidence

[Muhammad] Taught his subjects that he who kills an enemy or is killed by an enemy goes to Paradise; and that this paradise was one of carnal eating and drinking and intercourse with women, and had a river of wine, honey, and milk, and that the women were not like the ones down here, but different ones, and that the intercourse was long-lasting and the pleasure continuous; and other things of profligacy and stupidity… . — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 131

Categorization

  • CANDY: ‘the intercourse was long-lasting and the pleasure continuous’ — quotable medieval prudery that trades on the absurdity itself.