Successful missionizing to Muslims was expected only where force had already triumphed

Evidence

It is obvious how low in this list came communication of any sort with Muslims, and, even so, how small was the hope of their conversion, which might really be expected only where Christian arms were successful. Conversion was not despaired of; ‘preaching’ here means ‘preaching to Muslims’, and Alexander IV wished the Gospel to be preached without offence; but it was realistically relegated to a place of secondary importance. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 678

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the vault’s claim cluster about how religious difference is managed through coercion — mirrors Aziz’s Racial Muslim account of who is seen as convertible/assimilable.