Medieval anti-Islamic polemic resembles modern rationalist critiques of religion

Evidence

Many of the arguments used against the Islamic position were similar to, or identical with, those directed against Muslim ethics of sex. Sometimes these were the simple practical arguments directed ad homines which are not unlike modern rationalist arguments against all religion, as wish-fulfilment, or as formed by geographical or economic circumstances. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 825

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mediaeval anti-Islamic polemics convinced neither Muslims nor Christians; Medieval Christian critics mirrored modern assumptions about Muslim shrine devotion