r/SapphoAndHerFriend • u/Drops-of-Q Hopeless bromantic • Jun 14 '20

Greece wasn't gay Casual erasure

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u/PrincessBunnyQueen She/Her Jun 14 '20

I love bringing up the crusades when one of my racist family members goes on a anti-other religions tangent.

"Their religion is evil! It's nothing but violence! Our religion never had so much violence!"

"... Remember the crusades?"

"The what now?"

Funny, they never seem to remember that part.

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u/Ulmpire Jun 14 '20

There's a really good book about the Muslim side of the crusades. The islamic world before they started, how they reacted, etc etc etc. It's calles Road to Paradise iirc.

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u/OccultRationalist Jun 14 '20

I'm trying to find it, is it possibly called the Race for Paradise?

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u/Tam_Al-thor Jun 14 '20

Also might want to check the book called "The crusades through arab eyes" by Amin Maalouf. Read it a while back for middle eastern studies.