Christian critics adopted Muhammad’s Meccan enemies’ accusation of soothsaying

Evidence

Certainly these Muslim accounts of Muhammad’s revelations did circulate in Spain and were used to support some Christian theories. San Pedro thought that the same tradition from ‘A’ishah about the Prophet’s perspiring while he received a revelation showed that he was exactly what the Quraysh, his enemies among his own people in Mecca, accused him of being, a soothsayer. His choice of authorities was only a little less discriminating than his predecessor’s. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 180 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christian polemicists used Muslim sources to prove Muhammad was a soothsayer — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 180

Related

• Christian polemicists used Muslim sources to prove Muhammad was a soothsayer (similarity 0.96)
• Christian polemicists studied Muslim revelation accounts seriously rather than dismissing them (similarity 0.90)
• Medieval Christian polemicists adopted the Quraysh’s accusations against Muhammad as their own evidence (similarity 0.90)
• Medieval Christian critics adopted the arguments of Muhammad’s own contemporary enemies (similarity 0.84)
• Christian critics of Muhammad mapped him onto Scriptural false prophets (similarity 0.83)
• Medieval Christian polemicists mined Islamic sources to justify pre-existing accusations against Muhammad. (similarity 0.83)
• Christian polemicists privileged Muhammad’s self-denial of miracles as their key evidence (similarity 0.83)
• Medieval Christian polemicists investigated Muhammad’s claims carefully rather than dismissing them (similarity 0.82)
• Christian polemics against Islam argued from premises only Christians accepted (similarity 0.82)
• Christian polemics against Muhammad aimed to reassure Christians, not convert Muslims (similarity 0.82)
• Medieval polemic attacked Muslim aspects that scandalized Christian observers (similarity 0.82)
• Medieval Christians polemicists routinely conflated the Qur’an with reported sayings of Muhammad (similarity 0.81)
• Christians attacked Islam by historicizing Muhammad’s revelation to its place and time. (similarity 0.81)
• Christian polemicists read Muslim sources as unwittingly confirming Christian legends (similarity 0.81)
• Medieval Christians read Muhammad’s life as a failed imitation of Christ (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Christian polemicists used Muslim sources to prove Muhammad was a soothsayer #corroborates (0.90) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 180