Painting by Frederic Schopin (1804-1880) depicting the First Crusade — "Battle delivered under the walls of Antioch between the crusaders led by Bohemond and the army of Karbouka, general of the ...

Last week President Obama spoke about faith, doubt, violence, and extremism, and was roundly criticized by many conservatives for what they saw as the "anti-Christian" tone of his remarks. In an ...

When George W. Bush used the term "crusade against terrorism," it was not well recieved in the Muslim world. While most Americans interpreted "crusade" to mean "campaign" or "struggle," to Arabs the ...

When President Bush first declared the war on terrorism soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, he made the mistake of using the word "crusade" to describe it. That was much condemned in the Arab world, ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) continues to use its online propaganda magazine to appropriate the Crusades of ...

Since the moment they began in the late 11th century, historians have tried to figure out the so-called "Crusades." The capture of Jerusalem in 1099 CE spurred a massive amount of writing in the ...

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 ...

In the previous articles, we explored how Christianity began as a Jewish movement but later distanced itself from its Jewish roots due to theological and political motivations. This shift led to the ...