Anti-Muslim polemics legitimated Christian subjugation of Spanish Muslims

Evidence

These polemical ideas, in particular the hostile biography of Muhammad, were used to deny any political legitimacy to Muslim rule in Spain and to justify the social and political subjugation of Muslim subjects of Spanish Christian rulers. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 71

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Edward Said’s orientalism thesis and to how discourse functions to justify material domination. — connects to: Geopolitical leverage and economic value delayed Muslim persecution in Spain. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 120