Lull deemed Muslim conversion possible only once they were subdued

Evidence

Lull spent nine years studying Arabic and Islam in Majorca. There was some urgency in his studies, for he feared that the Mongols, who at that time had conquered most of Asia, including Iran and Iraq, would convert to Islam unless Christian missionaries reached them first. — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 89 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Lull studied Arabic nine years out of fear the Mongols would convert to Islam — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists…, 89

Related

• Lull studied Arabic nine years out of fear the Mongols would convert to Islam (similarity 0.97)
• Llull imagined learned Muslims already doubted Muhammad’s prophethood, ripe for conversion. (similarity 0.82)
• Lull admired Arabic culture while insisting Islam was false and its followers damned (similarity 0.81)
• Llull believed philosophical doubt could lead Muslims to convert to Christianity. (similarity 0.80)
• Christian polemicists imagined educated Muslims as secretly doubting their own faith (similarity 0.79)
• Medieval appreciation of Islam collapsed into coercion when persuasion failed (similarity 0.79)
• Llull claimed Christianity provable from theistically shared ground with Muslims (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Lull studied Arabic nine years out of fear the Mongols would convert to Islam #expands (0.85) — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 89