I just entered a new relationship. As anyone who has experienced the start of new and exciting romance would expect, I am over the moon with joy. One night, recently, I decided to turn to Google to pass the time, since we are a long distance couple. I was somewhat surprised when the first article that popped up after both searches was titled These Are the Reasons to Not Date a Muslim Man.

This seemed like the opposite of what I had searched for.

In this article, we explore what the family means for Muslims living in minority at an early age, a secular trend to marry late is being seen among Muslims. The man is considered the head of the family; to many a man, however, this is a.

The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to secure control of holy sites considered sacred by both groups. In all, eight major Crusade expeditions occurred between and The bloody, violent and often ruthless conflicts propelled the status of European Christians, making them major players in the fight for land in the Middle East. However, Byzantium had lost considerable territory to the invading Seljuk Turks.

After years of chaos and civil war, the general Alexius Comnenus seized the Byzantine throne in and consolidated control over the remaining empire as Emperor Alexius I. This marked the beginning of the Crusades. Those who joined the armed pilgrimage wore a cross as a symbol of the Church. The Crusades set the stage for several religious knightly military orders, including the Knights Templar , the Teutonic Knights, and the Hospitallers.