An RAF squadron has dropped its “Crusaders” nickname following a complaint it is offensive to Muslims. 14 Squadron, one of the RAF’s longest-serving and most senior squadrons, achieved the ...
On the Conquest of Constantinople is one of the most important historical sources on the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of ...
Exchange of ideas There were times when Crusaders and Muslims showed mutual respect for each other and there is evidence that they shared ideas. Some Crusaders stayed in the Islamic states they ...
Through crusades and expulsions, Muslim communities survived for over 500 years, thriving in medieval Europe. This comprehensive new study explores how the presence of Islamic minorities transformed ...
Hyderabad: Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V has been named as 50th hereditary Imam of Shia Ismaili Muslims. This follows ...
vengeance and reconquest", as the crusades scholar Thomas Asbridge puts it, "in which Christians and Muslims alike perpetrated acts of savage brutality". The cycle was halted in 1291. But as Asbridge ...
To Muslims, it is considered to be a holy site ... behind the priest Peter the Hermit who is encouraging men to go on a Crusade In the medieval period, peasants had to give 10 per cent of what ...