Alfonso justified Christian blasphemy law by citing Muslim dhimmi precedent

Evidence

If the Moors, in all the places where they have power over the Christians, prohibit them from insulting Muhammad and from saying anything against his doctrine, and for this offense they beat them and hurt them in many ways and decapitate them, how much more appropriate it is that we prohibit them (and others who do not believe in our faith) from daring to criticize or insult our faith. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 987

Categorization

• QUESTION: A medieval Christian king explicitly invoking Muslim legal practice as legitimating precedent complicate any simple ‘Islamophobic origins’ genealogy — worth chasing how scholars treat this exchange.
• XREF: Nuances the vault’s mapping: here Muslim law is cited approvingly, showing medieval Christian-Islamic legal borrowing ran both ways.