Religious justification of practices scandalized Christians more than the practices themselves
Evidence
Muhammad, always moved by religious considerations, shocked Christians for this very reason, which made him always appear hypocritical. It was less that wrong practices gave scandal, than that their justification by religion did so. This is seen most clearly when the Christian interpretation of events is furthest from the truth. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 571 (
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Fidenzio, with restraint and accuracy, quoted the Qur’an correctly: ‘(your wives) are your garments, and you are their garments’. Marino, using phrases from Pedro de Alfonso, reproduced his traditional argument with some force. Verona put the same case less strongly, but said that Ramadan was constituted in order to obliterate the thought of Lent from the hearts of Muslims. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1231 (
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The account only falls apart when judgment is applied as to which enemy is worse, the foreign one or the one sharing your religion. — Ali Qureshi, The Fall of Constantinople, 59 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Religious justification of action, not the action itself, gave Christian scandal — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 571; Christians judged the inner religious enemy worse than the foreign one — Ali Qureshi, The Fall of Constantinople: A Critical…, 59; Christian polemicists interpreted Ramadan’s permission of marital sex as liturgical scandal — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1231
Related
- Christian polemicists interpreted Ramadan’s permission of marital sex as liturgical scandal (similarity 0.91)
- Religious justification of action, not the action itself, gave Christian scandal (similarity 0.85)
- Christians were scandalized by religious justification of acts, not the acts themselves (similarity 0.85)
- Medieval Christians used Islam’s marital norms to claim moral superiority (similarity 0.80)
- Medieval Christian critics mirrored modern assumptions about Muslim shrine devotion (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Religious justification of action, not the action itself, gave Christian scandal
#corroborates(0.98) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 571 - Christian polemicists interpreted Ramadan’s permission of marital sex as liturgical scandal
#exemplifies(0.85) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1231 - Christians judged the inner religious enemy worse than the foreign one
#expands(0.80) — Ali Qureshi, The Fall of Constantinople, 59