Frederick II a bridge between East and West
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What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East $2.59 For centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement — the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and sciences of civilization. Christian Europe was seen as an outer darkness of barbarism and unbelief from which there was nothing to learn or to fear. And then everything changed. The West won victory after victory, first on the battlefield… |
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1453: The Holy War For Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West $17.99 A complete and compelling account of the fall of Constantinople, the siege that gave rise to today’s jihad.When Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, a remarkable era in world history ended. Constantinople, the “city of the world’s desire,” was a wealthy, imperial, intimidating, and Christian city, influencing world opinion for a thousand years. The fall of Constantinople marked the en… |
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The Blood Of The Moon Understanding The Historic Struggle Between Islam And Western Civilization $3.95 “Allah has bought from the Umma-the true believers of Islam-their selves and their substance in return for Paradise; they fight in the way of Allah, killing and being killed. Their promise is written in the blood of the moon.” -From the Koran, chap. 9, v. 112 The conflict between Islam and the West existed long before the destruction of the World Trade Center and the other events that recently tou… |