Even irenic missionaries conceded that insulting Muhammad was essential to convert Muslims

Evidence

The captives will be obliged to read not only Llull’s own Libre del gentil but also two traditional works of anti-Muslim polemic, implicitly acknowledging that his own approach needs to be supplemented by two standard strategies for which he had long criticized Ramon Martí and the Dominicans: attacking the beliefs of the infidels (particularly regarding Muhammad’s status as prophet) and using key passages from the Koran (or Torah, in arguing with Jews) to prove Christian truth. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1343

Categorization

• XREF: Shows the medieval origin of the Muhammad-as-fraud trope that vault claims (Aziz/Razack) trace into modern anti-Muslim discourse.