Text: The Spread of Religious Fanaticism

Floor 2 Floor 2
Ashkenazim and Sephardim (2.3) Ashkenazim and Sephardim (2.3)
Exhibit 2.3.04 Exhibit 2.3.04

Text Panel

A wave of religious fanaticism swept the world at the beginning of the second millennium. In Europe, the Crusaders declared a holy war whose purpose was to free Jerusalem from the Muslim infidels. In North Africa, fanatic groups swore to Islamize the world in a jihad (holy war). Both behaved violently towards followers of other religions and left a trail of devastation and destruction behind them.

Themes and Connections:

Crusaders, destruction, devastation, fanatic, fanaticism, groups, holy war, Islamization, Jerusalem, jihad, muslim, North Africa, religions, religious, second millennium, violence

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