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Dec 5, 2017 · “The Sultan And The Saint,” a new film from Unity Productions Foundation, tells the little-known story of St. Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt, Muhammad Al-Kamil, two charismatic men...
Al-Kamil Muhammad. ' Al-Malik al-Kamil Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar Ghazi ibn al-Adil Abu Bakr was a Kurdish Muslim ruler, the son of al-Muzaffar Ghazi and the last Ayyubid emir (prince) of Mayyafariqin (1247–1260). [1] He is also known as Al Kamil Muhammad II to distinguish from his uncle Al Kamil Muhammad I. [2]
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- Crusaders as Christian Barbarians
- An Ignored Reality of Alliances
- Inspiring Modern Jihadists
- Rethinking Our Approach as Historians
- Deciphering Complex Layers
Actually, this is not the first time Muslims have told their story of the Crusades, and the story has changed over time. In the Muslim public imagination of today, the crusaders are remembered as medieval Christian barbarians who assaulted the Muslim world and slaughtered tens of thousands of innocent people before the Muslims could mount an effect...
Indeed, medieval Muslim sources tell a different story about the Crusades. No doubt they speak of countless battles, but they also describe innumerable political and military alliances, systematic sharing of sacred spaces, commercial dealings, exchange of science and ideas, etc., between Muslims and crusaders. Muslim chronicler and historian Ibn Wa...
Conceiving themselves adherents and protectors of “true” Islam, modern jihadists are inspired by a selective reading of Islamic foundational texts (Qurʾan, Sunna, etc.) and history, and by modern grievances (relating to direct or indirect colonial and hegemonic subjugation of the Muslims). For them, the crusader period was not different from the cu...
Had we done our job as historians properly, we would not have counted out as anomalies the enormous evidence that speaks of co-existence between crusaders and Muslims. (Had the media done its job properly, it would not have valorised violence.) The narrative of the Crusades should have been presented as a complicated chapter in medieval history whe...
We also tend to valorise certain groups, thinking that they are best suited to fit a modern garb. For instance, many today praise Sufism (mysticism) for its idea of spiritual jihad that focuses on internal struggle to become a better person. This is not what medieval Sufis, and Muslims generally, understood jihad to mean, namely the act of waging w...
- Suleiman Mourad
Dec 8, 2017 · The encounter in 1219 between St. Francis of Assisi and Malek al-Kamil, the sultan of Egypt, during yet another flashpoint in the long history of the Crusades -- the subject of one famous fresco ...
At this public talk entitled "The Saint and the Sultan: Religion, Conflict and the Search for Peace," Moses described the meeting of St. Francis of Assisi and Sultan Malik al-Kamil during the Fifth crusade. Abuelezz responded with the implications for Muslim-Christian relations today. These two prominent historical figures were able to find ...
Nov 10, 2022 · Updated:10:55 AM EST November 10, 2022. ATLANTA — Nabilah Islammade history in the Peach State on Election Day. She's the first-ever Muslim woman and the youngest woman to be elected to the ...
Al-Kamil did not budge in the face of backlash. For him and his entourage, the deal was fair because he gave Frederick control only over the parts of Jerusalem that were not religiously central for the Muslims. One of those who preached against al-Kamil was the very influential Damascene historian Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 1256).
