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The Knights Templar Shows How to Fight ISIS and Win

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« on: July 05, 2015, 04:55:47 am »

Too bad, I guess I will always be a hopeful historian praying that someone in the mainstream media would actually seize one of the many lessons the past has to teach us in a new and engaging way. Before the Crusades, the Muslim world was divided by political and sectarian lines. By the Second Crusade, these divisions were set aside to unite their world against a common, hostile foe. Colonialism led to Islamism, as a cultural touchstone that could rally and unite people against a common foe. ISIS is not very multinational, nor does it cross sectarian lines. So this is no Saladin or Baibars movement. If we fail to distinguish one group from another, whether ethnic group or religious faction or sect; then we not only miss opportunities but also run the risk of making this extreme, isolated and unloved band into the "caliphate" they wrongly claim to be.
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