Wycliffe likened papal authority to Mahomet’s ban on questioning

Evidence

To crown all—and this was the secret of his success—Mahomet, conscious that reason was against him, had forbidden discussion of his Law. It was to be received without question. But was this not also the rule of Canon Law with regard to papal power ? And later, with regard to the Eucharist, his enemies took refuge in ignorance with the followers of Mahomet, saying “you can believe with safety, but you cannot safely investigate.” — R. W. Southern, Western Views of Islam in the Middle…, 454

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: the recurring trope that dogmatic authority resembles the feared foreign religion’s — from Wycliffe to ‘Islamofascism’ rhetoric.