1) As most Christian histories of the crusades begin with pope urban II’s call in 1095, for the recovery of holy places. But Ibn Al-Athir being native of Mosul see it differently, as all Muslim sees the Crusades. He mention the crusades as not being recovery of holy places of Christianity, rather, it was war against the Islam religion. He further stated in his writing saying that, “They invaded the territories of Islam”. In his writing he clearly indicated that it was the war of Christianity against Muslim. He sees this bitterness between Christians and Muslims which left behind by series of crusades was because of the invade of Christianity to suppress the faith of Islam with series of brutality. In his writing,
1) As most Christian histories of the crusades begin with pope urban II’s call in 1095, for the recovery of holy places. But Ibn Al-Athir being native of Mosul see it differently, as all Muslim sees the Crusades. He mention the crusades as not being recovery of holy places of Christianity, rather, it was war against the Islam religion. He further stated in his writing saying that, “They invaded the territories of Islam”. In his writing he clearly indicated that it was the war of Christianity against Muslim. He sees this bitterness between Christians and Muslims which left behind by series of crusades was because of the invade of Christianity to suppress the faith of Islam with series of brutality. In his writing,