A mufti described persecuted Spanish Muslims as clutching their faith like a burning ember

Evidence

This mufti from Oran showed acute sympathy for the plight of Muslims living in Spain, people who kept to their religious faith even though it was the cause of so much suffering for them: “those who hold fast to their religion just as somebody might clutch to himself a burning ember.” — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 314