Medieval Christian polemicists attacked Islam without knowing the Koran

Evidence

Alan seems to be unaware of the existence of the Koran; indeed he continually puts into the mouths of his Saracen adversaries citations from the Old Testament, with which they are supposed to defend their heretical doctrines. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 883

Categorization

• XREF: Grounds the existing Anidjar/Aziz/Razack vault claim that Western ‘knowledge’ of Islam is philologically hollow, showing the pattern of strawmanning opponents predates modern orientalism by centuries.