Christian polemicists attacked Islamic predestination as destroying moral law

Evidence

The principal practical objection to the belief in predestination was, as it had always been and would be in Christian polemic, the conviction that it meant a determinist scheme of morals; in effect, the absence of a moral law. … There was also the accusation that the Judgement Day would be amoral, neglecting works, while rewarding faith. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 884

Categorization

  • XREF: Connects to the general theme of how one religion’s theological doctrines get weaponized against another — echoes the moral-panic literature and religious-othering patterns. — connects to: Islamic predestination was read as denying human moral responsibility