The Koran guaranteed worship rights to Jews and Christians but not pagans

Evidence

Muslim attitudes toward Judaism and Christianity have always been ambivalent. The Koran affirmed that the Torah and Gospels were divinely inspired scriptures that had been revealed by God through his prophets. While pagans were to be forced to convert, Jews and Christians, as People of the Book (ahl al-kitâb), were assured the right to worship. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 245

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ahl al-kitâb (People of the Book) as the scriptural category whose worship rights contrasted with forced pagan conversion.
• XREF: This ‘ambivalent’ scriptural category is the precise root source bearing on later dhimma and ‘clash of civilizations’ claims in the vault.