There is an era that lends itself rather closer than the tired Nazi comparisons of Donald Trump. And it may have a far more useful message for us today.
Articles on Crusades
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A new production of the opera King Roger will open this week. At a time when Europe was charged with fear of the ‘Muslim threat’, this 12th century king collaborated with an Islamic scholar on an extraordinary project.
Our series on understanding Islamic State attempts to catalogue many of the forces and events that can arguably have played a part in creating the conditions necessary for these jihadists to emerge.
Representing even the Crusades as wars between Christians and Muslims is a gross oversimplification and a misreading of history.
In seeking to link IS to earlier Islamic movements, Western commentators have associated the jihadist group with the medieval Ismailis, made famous in Europe by returning Crusaders as the Assassins.
Despite what we’re told, religion isn’t inherently peaceful. People kill in the name of their religion, just as they love in its name.
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Byzantine History, Hitotsubashi University
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Lecturer, University of Portsmouth
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Reader in Medieval History, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Co-Director & Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
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Associate Professor in History, Nottingham Trent University
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Sessional academic, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University
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Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
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Professor of Religious Studies, Arizona State University
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Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Department of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
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Professor of History, State University of New York at New Paltz
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Professor of History and Dean of Research Strategy, University of Divinity
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Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Baylor University