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Islamic ‘altar tent’ discovery
An Andalusi tent taken from the campsite of the Almohad caliph Muhammad al-Nāsir was sent to Pope Innocent III after 1212 ...
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‘Altar tent’ discovery puts Islamic art at the heart of medieval Christianity
Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realising it ... In the 13 th century, it was common for banners and other spoils of war to be displayed around church altars ...
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Altar Tent Links Islamic Art to Medieval Christianity
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars ...
700-year-old Italian fresco reveals medieval church's use of Islamic tents
A 700-year-old fresco discovered in the convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine in Ferrara, Italy, reveals that luxurious ...
AP PHOTOS: A tour through northeastern Syria in a moment of uncertainty
An Apache helicopter patrolled the outskirts of the city of Hassakeh as a heavily loaded pickup truck, filled with displaced ...
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'If It Takes a Thousand Years': A manual on how to defeat jihadists - review
A basic principle in Sun’s classic treatise The Art of War is “Know your enemy ... to generation through the madrassas, the Islamic scholastic institutes that are spread in their tens ...
Historic landmarks in Iraq's Mosul are reopening as the city heals from Islamic State devastation
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in ...