Christians and Muslims historically rejected each other’s fasting as not genuine fasting

Evidence

Mediaeval Europeans, like other Christians, believed in a long debilitating fast which would strengthen the spirit while it weakened the flesh, but which never required total abstention. Muslims intend, not bodily weakening, but intense discomfort for a series of limited periods; they take nothing, not even a drop of water, from sunrise to sunset, but the nights of their fast are festive occasions. Each side maintains that the other does not really fast at all. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1226

Categorization

• XREF: Corroborates the vault cluster on how ‘Islam’ gets constructed as the West’s constitutive outside: even a shared religious practice becomes grounds for mutual delegitimization rather than recognition. — connects to: Christians and Muslims assigned opposite moral meanings to poisoning and martyrdom — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 619; Christians misread Islamic ritual by assuming it mirrored their own; Christian thinking forced Islam into Christian analogical categories, misrepresenting it (+3 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1226

Broader Connections

• Christians misread Islamic ritual by assuming it mirrored their own #exemplifies (0.85)
• Christians and Muslims assigned opposite moral meanings to poisoning and martyrdom #expands (0.80) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 619
• Christian thinking forced Islam into Christian analogical categories, misrepresenting it #exemplifies (0.80)
• Christian views of Islam reflected their own preconceptions more than actual Muslims #expands (0.80)
• Medieval Christian writers mocked Islamic eating rules by exaggeration #expands (0.75) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1268
• Medieval Christians lumped Jews and Muslims together as carnal and sensual peoples #expands (0.75) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 228