Enlightenment thought credited Muslims with bringing despotism into being

Evidence

How did an entire people become the privileged example of a “natural” and absolute submission? Not entirely naturally, as it turns out, since this state is induced by the Muslims: “The flood tide of Mahommedans brought despotism with it,” and despotic government “is most agreeable” to the Mahommedan religion. — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 619

Categorization

• QUESTION: Which exact Montesquieu/Mahommedan passages does ‘The flood tide of Mahommedans brought despotism with it’ come from, and how are Muslims causally charged with inducing it?
• XREF: This causal placement of ‘the Mahommedans’ as despotism’s agent is a central anchor claim linking across this batch’s Islamophobia-cluster books.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 619