Medieval Latins relished non-canonical Muslim beliefs that struck them as absurd

Evidence

The belief that the name of Muhammad was written in Heaven from the creation, which is not Qur’anic, is their subject; on the other hand nir muhammadi has been given Qur’anic authority, but this is not likely to be meant here, unless there is Isma’ili or Fatimid influence. Latins liked this theme because it seemed to them absurd; it reached them through the Risalah 75. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1916

Categorization

• XREF: Latins’ delight in what they took as absurd Muhammad lore parallels vault accounts of how Islam gets stocked with mocking, fabricated content to serve as the West’s foil.