30 January 2025
The Hidden Crisis: How Sectarian Division Weakened the Muslim World Before the Crusades
In the shadows of history lies a crucial lesson about unity and purpose: the internal strife that plagued the Muslim world before the Crusades.
Tag: history
6 articles
2 September 2024
The Weakness of the Islamic World in the Face of the Crusader Attacks
How disunity and corruption among the leaders of the Islamic world opened the door to the Crusader seizure of Nicaea and the Levant.
18 August 2024
Rewriting History: Why Awaiting a New Salahudeen Is Dangerous
Why citing Salahudeen's victories while awaiting a new saviour misreads history — and what the generation that recaptured Jerusalem actually did.
12 August 2023
On the Rise & Fall of Civilizations - Part 3 [Translated Extract]
Part three of Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah: powerful states have a natural lifespan, rarely exceeding three generations.
5 August 2023
On the Rise & Fall of Civilizations - Part 2 [Translated Extract]
Part two of Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah: it is the nature of political leadership to claim all nobility for itself — and how that hastens a state's end.
22 July 2023
On the Rise & Fall of Civilizations - Part 1 [Translated Extract]
Part one of Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah, chapter three: it is the nature of political states to seek luxury once conquest brings prosperity.