Al-Ghazali and the Crusades: Bennabian perspective

• Main Authors: Alatas, Alwi, Suleiman, Hassan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Al Hikmah Research & Publications Centre 2019
• Subjects: D051 Ancient History; D History (General); HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform; HT Communities. Classes. Races; HT1501 Races; HT401 Rural groups. Rural sociology; HT51 Human settlements. Communities
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/76135/1/Al-Ghaz%C4%81l%C4%AB-and-the-Crusades-Alhikmah.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76135/2/Al-Ghaz%C4%81l%C4%AB-and-the-Crusades-Alhikmah.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76135/; http://alhikmah.my/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Al-Ghaz%C4%81l%C4%AB-and-the-Crusades-Alhikmah.pdf

Jerusalem fell into the hands of the crusaders at the end of the eleventh century. The fall of the city actually reflected the internal problem of Muslim civilisation. It was almost nine decades later that Jerusalem was successfully recaptured by Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Ayyūbī (d. 1193). Some scholar...