PSC 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Antichrist, Iceberg, Protestantism
28 Aug 2016
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The current conflict is only the tip of the iceberg. Islam was born in 610, major power by 622. Most recent religion in the world-all others considered heretics to islam. 1400 years of relations between west and islam only once an alliance was reached between west and islamic world: cold war period, until fall of soviet union, used by west to fight communism because communists considered atheists. When islam was first born, it was not accepted by jews or christians biblical discourse: prophet of islam has sign of the antichrist. With military action failure, europe turned to religion: scholars post crusade want to convert muslims to christians and regard islam as heresy. 1221: mongolians had their own religious mission, destroyed civilization of islam, caliphate of bagdad was destroyed. While europeans attacking, 1453 new jihad was announced against byzantine empire, Constantinople fell to islam ottomans conquered vienna (roman-greco civilization) and all muslim lands, created despair on the part of christians.
