Canonical Islamic texts were cited only to discredit Islam

Evidence

The authority of the Qur’an itself, of Bukhari and Muslim and ibn Ishaq, of the de doctrina Machometi and the liber Scalae Machometi, depended on their utility to Christian polemic, more than on any other factor. They were quoted to discredit Islam, and not, even following scholastic method, as ‘objections’ to some Christian thesis. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1388

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the vault cluster on how ‘Islam’ is constructed by its enemies — here the enemy cites the tradition’s own authoritative sources as self-incriminating evidence. — connects to: Early European translations of Islamic texts ignored most major source works besides the Quran; Polemical scholars adopted textual accuracy only as a tactical weapon against Islam; Court expert testimony falsely presents sharia as mandating jihad violence — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 396
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1388