Demons supposedly preferred Saracen religion because it lacked chrism, cross, and Eucharist.

Evidence

The demons told him (through the mouths of the girls) that the three things they feared most were the cross, baptismal water, and the Eucharist; that, they continued, is why they preferred the religion of their “companions,” the Saracens, who rejected all three. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 303

Categorization

• XREF: This definition of Islam by ‘what it lacks’ (the three Christian sacraments) mirrors the negative-definition strategy Tolan shows throughout Saracens.