Medieval Christians could not accept that devotion and unchastity could coexist in Islam

Evidence

It has never come gratefully to Christian minds that in Islam incontinence, and even unchastity, can come together with prayer and devotion. The theme of false monachism was surprisingly widespread. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1189

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Connects to the ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ moral-panic lens — this is a medieval example of moralized anxiety where sexual continence and devotional practice were conceptually welded together.
• XREF: connects to: Medieval Christians misread Islamic concubinage as unregulated promiscuity — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 779; Muslims rejected the Trinity as polytheism and carnal generation; Medieval Christians held that true devotion and unchastity were mutually exclusive (+2 more)