The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

This type of primary source is a written document by Jonathan Lyons in which he describes Islam through western eyes. In Islam Through Western Eyes, Jonathan Lyons unloads Western propensities for contemplating Islam, directing a watchful examination of the West's great totalizing story crosswise over one thousand years of history. He watches the talk's destructive consequences for the sociologies, including human science, legislative issues, theory, religious philosophy, worldwide relations, security

hypocritical. King Leopold’s second justification was to morally uplift the natives. He stated, “To open to civilization the only part of our globe which it has not yet penetrated, to pierce the darkness which hangs over entire peoples, is, I dare say, a crusade worthy of this century of progress…”(Hochschild, 1998, p. 44). His actions were seemingly commendable and echoed the beliefs of the nineteenth century. During this time, a need for an evangelical-religious awakening spread throughout countries such

turn derives from the Latin "colere," which means to tend to the earth and grow, or cultivation and nurture. (Zimmerman 1) This can also lead to one concluding that culture changes as civilization is changed and advancements occur. I am culturally Arab. Specifically from around Jerusalem and many other farmer civilations. The cuisine, historical significance of the area, and it’s religions are some of the most distinct differences the region has culturally. One sizable distinction for people from

identified culturally as an Arab-Muslim Introduction x. Ibn decided to became a qadi, or judge for his profession. However, soon he got restless and wanted to do accomplish more than just completing the same tasks over and over again for the rest of his life. Ibn decided to travel in the search of knowledge, Introduction x. He decided to go out and see the world, starting with plan of making a pilgrimage to Mecca. Ibn was traveling at an opportune time in the Middle East. The crusades and the danger they

of the State of Israel, and what many Muslims perceived as the usurping of Arab land and exclusion, in some cases outright expulsion, of the Palestinians who had made their homes there for centuries. Contained in a small area and surrounded by whom the Israelis considered their enemies, they clung to their Zionist vision and met any perceived threat militarily. The Six-Day War in 1967, aka the Arab-Israeli War, provided a swift and decisive victory for the Israelis but cemented

of a constant heartbeat. Since the outbreak of the second intifada, people around the world have witnessed many bloody scenes where people sacrifice their lives for their own justification of peace. Many people had a hard time believing their own eyes when viewing a photo shot of a father trying to protect his son from pouring bullets and another shot of a frightened 12-year-old boy killed as his father tried to

act of submission or in order to receive protection. 2. Matriarchal: A matriarchal society is a society governed by women. The Iroquios, five different native american nations banded together by a man named Hiawatha, ruled through a matriarchal system. Power was inherited through female lines of authority. These women had an influence in local councils. It is unusual that these women played such a significant role in society because they were usually seen as inferior. 3.Animists: Most of the

history without nostalgia glasses and that is what needs to be done so we can stop repeating the same mistakes we always make. The most important one is the use of fear to gain power in the Machiavellian manner we are accustomed to, and turning a blind eye to clear human rights violations by the armed forced sworn to protect us. It’s not because it

King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild explains the lead up to and the establishment of the Congo Free State under Belgium. Hochschild does so through many accounts of the life going on inside the Congo during the exploration of the Africa and the beginning of an established government in the Congo. The death toll during Leopold’s reign could have reached over 10 million before the Belgium government would take the Congo away from the out

Just as the Arabs preserved the knowledge of the Greek and Roman civilizations, the Europeans were able to use and build off the knowledge built in the Islamic world. This wealth of knowledge was the collection of ideas pulled from every corner of the Islamic empire. Rulers collected Greek, Chinese, Indian, and Persian literary works in vast libraries for the education of the masses. Western Europe slowly learned bits and pieces of this knowledge through trade and diffusion of culture. One medium