Sword and scimitar : fourteen centuries of war between Islam and the West
Ibrahim, Raymond2020
Book
A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities. The West and Islam - the sword and the scimitar - have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Byzantine emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on Christendom. 'Sword and Scimitar' chronicles the significant battles that arose from this ages-old Islamic jihad, beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian land in 636, through the occupation of the Middle East that prompted the Crusades and the far-flung conquests of the Ottoman Turks, to the European colonization of the Muslim world in the 1800s, when Islam largely went on the retreat - until its reemergence in recent times.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsbottom Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 355.020917 | Available |
Main title:
Sword and scimitar : fourteen centuries of war between Islam and the West / Raymond Ibrahim ; foreword by Victor Davis Hanson.
Author:
Ibrahim, Raymond, author
Imprint:
New York : Hachette Go, 2020.
Collation:
352 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York, NY: De Capo Press, 2018.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780306921421 (pbk)
Dewey class:
355.02091767355.02355.020917
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3013586