Christian polemicists never consulted Muslims about actual Muslim beliefs

Evidence

Marti cited the argument that one should consult the farmer about agriculture and the doctor about medicine; it is ironic that the failure to find out what Muslims themselves asserted to be their beliefs should have been characteristic of Christian polemic. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1439

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the vault’s claim patterns that ‘Islam’ is defined from outside without reference to Muslim self-understanding. — connects to: Lull never sincerely engaged actual Muslim objections to the Trinity; Scholarly polemic failed because it never spoke in terms Muslims could recognize; Even well-placed medieval Christians never discussed Muslim prayer with actual Muslims. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1181 (+5 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1439

Broader Connections

• Even well-placed medieval Christians never discussed Muslim prayer with actual Muslims. #exemplifies (0.92) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1181
• Aquinas refuted Islam without ever reading the Koran #exemplifies (0.92) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1226
• Medieval Christian polemicists fixated on Islam’s legal theory while knowing nothing of its practice #expands (0.90)
• Christian polemicists obsessed over Islamic legal rules while knowing nothing of Muslim practice. #expands (0.90) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 890
• Early Christian accounts of Islam were written without any contact with Muslims #corroborates (0.85) — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 143
• Learned Byzantine writers knew nothing of actual Muslim beliefs #corroborates (0.82)