Syriac Christians perceived mass conversion to Islam as a real threat

Evidence

This text provides strong evidence that large-scale conversions now were perceived as a threat by Christians such as the pseudo-Methodius; this piece of evidence seems to have been overlooked in the debates over the demography of conversion from Christianity to Islam (see chap. 2). Of course it is impossible to translate the subjective perception of “mass” conversions into even approximate numbers. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1507

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the demography-of-conversion debate mentioned in chap. 2; the author flags this as an overlooked evidentiary source. — connects to: Religious leaders stoked fears of mass conversion to justify anti-Christian violence — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 243