Why Muslims see the Crusades so different from Christians Questions 1. How do Islamic perspectives on the Crusades differ from those of the Christian sources from the Western Europe?
2. How does the chronology (timeframe) of the crusades differ between the west and Muslim perspective? Use examples from the article.
3. How did the Muslims view the Crusades geographically different from the Westerners?
4. Who is Islam’s most famous warrior during the Crusades?
5. What time period does historian Suleiman A. Mourad (SM) consider as Islam’s “Golden Age”? What is the main reason he gives to defend this timeframe?
6. How does the Islamic civilization compare to western civilization during the time of the Crusades?
7. Why was Jerusalem important to the Islamic world?
8. What did medieval Muslims think of Europeans?
9. What did the Muslims think of the Templar Knights? What comparison does Suleiman A. Mourad use to how a modern Muslim would view a Templar Knight?
10. What was the impact of the Crusades in the Muslim World?
11. Why are the Crusades still relevant today in the Middle East?