The martyrs’ defenders saved their harshest attacks for fellow churchmen, not Muslims

Evidence

The apologists for the martyrs direct their fiercest anger and apoplexy not at the Muslims but at Christians who consort with Muslims, in particular for churchmen who follow the orders of the emir. … Alvarus rejects the very role of bishop in the emirate: he compares the fees that Saul paid to the palace officials to obtain the office of bishop to the thirty solidi that Judas was paid; paying the church’s money to the infidel in this way, he affirms, is simony. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 541 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Martyr apologists attacked cooperating Christians more fiercely than Muslims — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 541; Some medieval polemicists acknowledged Christians exceeded Muslims in actual violence — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 712; Martyrdom served as political violence to sever Muslim-Christian collaboration — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 509 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Martyr apologists attacked cooperating Christians more fiercely than Muslims #corroborates (0.95) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 541