Medieval Christians believed prophesied rise of Islam predicted its imminent end

Evidence

It is written in their [the Saracens’] laws that the Romans or Latins shall be defeated by them, but that shortly thereafter they themselves will be defeated and destroyed; no one denies this. Thus they all predict, expect, and believe, that the age [status] of the Saracens must quickly end, while that of the Christians will last until the end of the world, which is coming—until the end of 7000 years, of which (according to them) much more than 6000 have already passed. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1047

Categorization

• XREF: Shows medieval eschatological framing of Islam’s relation to Christendom as destined-doom — the providential template that Aziz and Razack demonstrate resurfacing in modern discourse.