Medieval Christians found Muhammad’s stated pleasures profoundly scandalous
Evidence
It is obvious how scandalous the association of these three sounded in a Christian ear. … Cruder versions omitted ‘prayer’; the coarsest was Marino’s ‘scented things and coition’. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 586
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the vault cluster on how ‘Islam’ is constructed as licentious/excessive other to Christian restraint and moderation.