The Reformation reframed Islam as a fellow schism against papal authority

Evidence

Luther, like many other Protestant reformers, invoked negative images of Islam not only to garner support for a war against the Turks but also to attack his opponents. … Luther was quite fond of tarring both Islam and Catholicism with the same brush. He often used the language of the “Antichrist” when referring to both Muhammad and the pope, though eventually he concluded that the title was more deserving of the pope. Still, Muhammad and the pope were two sides of the same coin: — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 154 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Luther constantly named the Pope and the Turk together, though rather arbitrarily, since he did not usually insist on specific points of resemblance: Turca et Papa tn forma religionis nihil differunt aut variant, nisi in ceremoniis. The one corrupted the ritual of the Old, the other that of the New Testament. Luther seems to have feared a coalition of his enemies, ‘an alliance of the Papists with the Turk … for unbelievable is the malice of Satan’. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2438 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

In its political manifestations, the Islamic Resurgence bears some resemblance to Marxism, with scriptural texts, a vision of the perfect society, commitment to fundamental change, rejection of the powers that be and the nation state, and doctrinal diversity ranging from moderate reformist to violent revolutionary. A more useful analogy, however, is the Protestant Reformation. Both are reactions to the stagnation and corruption of existing institutions; advocate a return to a purer and more demanding form of their religion; preach work, order, and discipline; and appeal to emerging, dynamic, middle-class people. Both are also complex movements, with diverse strands, but two major ones, Lutheranism and Calvinism, Shi’ite and Sunni fundamentalism, and even parallels between John Calvin and the Ayatollah Khomeini and the monastic discipline they tried to impose on their societies. The central spirit of both the Reformation and the Resurgence is fundamental reform. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 303 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Islamic resurgence parallels the Protestant Reformation structurally — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 303; Luther equated the Papacy and Islam as the twin corrupters of Christian ritual — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2438; Medieval anti-Islamic polemic circulated as a living shared tradition (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Luther equated the Papacy and Islam as the twin corrupters of Christian ritual #corroborates (0.85) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2438
• Luther weaponized images of Islam to attack Catholicism as well as Turks #contradicts (0.85) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 154
• Islamic resurgence parallels the Protestant Reformation structurally #qualifies (0.82) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 303
• Medieval thought cast Islam variously as heresy, schism, and third revealed law #corroborates (0.80)
• The papacy manufactured Muslims as a holy-war enemy to unify Christian Europe #expands (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 93
• Medieval anti-Islamic polemic circulated as a living shared tradition #expands (0.75)