Why is it surprising that Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was the voice of tolerance of Islam?

A. because most philosophes disdained Islam
B. because most Muslims dismissed Christians
C. because she was married to an ambassador
D. because she was not an educated woman
E. because Islam was hostile to Christianity


Answer: B

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