Islam’s power over Christians lay in doctrinal appeal and apparent moral example

Evidence

Ricoldo saw that Islam partook of the genuine doctrinal fascination of heresy, and of that apparent moral example which enables ostensibly exemplary men, false brethren, to lead Christians into error. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1029

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ricoldo assessed Islam’s threat as operating through tyranny, doctrine, and moral example simultaneously