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Er.....sorta. There was a big span of hundreds of years where the two cultures mostly left well enough alone.
Even during the heyday of British Colonialism, western encroachment was never a big issue with the Muslim world- both because the "colonized" were non-muslims (for the most part) and because they did not have the huge monetary rescources (from oil) for expand their sphere of influence.
Or mabye everyone was just a lot less crazy back then.
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quote:Originally posted by TheWoozle: I've heard that the whole Islamic vs western dispute really started with the Crusades and went downhill from there.
Even before that really; it started when Muslim expansion ran up against the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines eventually requested help from the western church and then the crusades were launched.
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