Medieval polemicists distinguished offenses from their justification in God’s name

Evidence

This is another argument we cannot imagine Ricoldo’s ever having tried on a live Muslim, or he would never have recommended it (in effect) to future missionaries. His more sober view was that what mattered was less the ‘adultery’ than its justification in the name of God. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2089

Categorization

• XREF: Relevant to the vault cluster’s concern with how blasphemy claims against Islam operate as ritual denunciation against a constructed enemy rather than as argument - connects to Aziz’s Racial Muslim and how religious accusations serve identity politics.