Sword and Scimitar

Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West

De: Raymond Ibrahim, Victor Davis Hanson - foreword

Narrado por: John McLain

A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities

The West and Islam - the sword and scimitar - have clashed since the 17th century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Roman emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on Christendom.

Sword and Scimitar chronicles the decisive battles that arose from this ages-old Islamic jihad, beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian land in 636 through the Muslim occupation of nearly three quarters of Christendom which prompted the Crusades, followed by renewed Muslim conquests by Turks and Tatars to the European colonization of the Muslim world in the 1800s, when Islam largely went on the retreat - until its reemergence in recent times. Using original sources in Arabic and Greek, preeminent historian Raymond Ibrahim describes each battle in vivid detail and explains how these wars and the larger historical currents of the age reflect the cultural fault lines between Islam and the West.

The majority of these landmark battles - including the battles of Yarmuk, Tours, Manzikert, the sieges at Constantinople and Vienna, and the crusades in Syria and Spain - are now forgotten or considered inconsequential. Yet today, as the West faces a resurgence of this enduring Islamic jihad, Sword and Scimitar provides the needed historical context to understand the current relationship between the West and the Islamic world - and why the Islamic State is merely the latest chapter of an old history.

©2018 Raymond Ibrahim (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Islamic Christendom Historical Reality

This is a perfect look at the reality behind Islam and its emergence. This is stuff we all need to know. The author has no axe to grind or spindoctored take. For the last 1300 years Islam has become a pretty pretty sizable part of history. “People who can’t grasp 3000 years of history are living hand to mouth.” Von Gothe.

Not PC

It is so great to have a book that is well researched and not revisionist history. Very refreshing to have an honest hostory. Terrific book. Highly recommend

SO GOOD!!

What a detailed account of the legitimate reasons for the crusades. They were not perfect, but they were, for the most part, justified! No question.

informative but excessive

excellent information but it could have been edited by 1/3 as there is a lot of repetitive descriptions of debachery and battle scenes that was unnecessary to get point across and move on with the timeline. it got a little hard to finish

The veil is removed

When confusion reigns about why we are experiencing barbaric Islamic terrorism in the 21st century, you can bet a massive historical cover up has occurred. Raymond Ibrahim lifts the veil obscuring violent Islamic conquests in his honest research of 1,400 years of religious aggression and persecution.