Comment: Did the Crusades lead to Islamic State? How do we account for forces and events that paved the way for the emergence of Islamic State? Our series on the jihadist group’s origins tries to ...
Religion News Service: Was Obama right about the Crusades and Islamic extremism? (ANALYSIS)
insider.si.edu: The race for paradise an Islamic history of the crusades Paul M. Cobb
The race for paradise an Islamic history of the crusades Paul M. Cobb
National Catholic Register: The Crusades Were a Reasonable Response to Unchecked Islamic Aggression
The Washington Post: The Islamic State’s members believe they are fighting a new Crusade. They’re wrong.
This 1881 engraving by C. W. Sharpe depicts the Battle of Ascalon in 1099. Each week, In Theory takes on a big idea in the news and explores it from a range of perspectives. This week we’re talking ...
The Islamic State’s members believe they are fighting a new Crusade. They’re wrong.
Scroll: Modern view of Crusades as a clash between Islam and Christianity ignores stories of co-existence
What if the Crusades’ history was told from an Arab perspective? In fact, in 2016 al-Jazeera TV did just that. It released a four-episode documentary on the Crusades, and the trailer introduced the ...
Modern view of Crusades as a clash between Islam and Christianity ignores stories of co-existence
Al Jazeera English: The legacy of the Crusades in contemporary Muslim world
It is always debatable whether the Crusades remain relevant in Arab political rhetoric. Islamists in general believe that the Crusades are relevant because they resemble – in their minds – current ...