Massignon’s anti-Jewish prejudice blended religion and nationalism ambiguously.

Evidence

Though he had many Jewish students, he seems to have been prejudiced against them and the young British Jew Bernard Lewis, who studied with him later, recalled that he was never sure whether he was regarded with suspicion by him because he belonged to the race that crucified Christ or because he belonged to the race that burnt Joan of Arc at the stake. — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 403

Categorization

• CANDY: A striking, near-comic detail: Massignon’s suspicion of a Jewish student was so muddled that the student couldn’t tell if it was for killing Christ or burning Joan of Arc — absurd enough to share.