‘Godless Saracens Threatening Destruction’: Premodern Christian Responses To Islam And Muslims – Analysis

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By Daniel Pipes*

In a conversation that apparently took place on July 13, 634, just two years after Muhammad's death, an old man was asked what he made of "the prophet who has appeared among the Saracens?" He replied that Muhammad "is an imposter. Do the prophets come with swords and chariots?" Another person agreed,...

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