The Assassins: A Radical Sect In Islam by Bernard Lewis

The Assassins: A Radical Sect In Islam

Bernard Lewis

166 pages first pub 1967 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative slow-paced

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The word 'Assassin' was brought back from Syria by the Crusaders, and in time acquired the meaning of murderer. Originally it was applied to the members of a Muslim religious sect - a branch of the Ismailis, and the followers of a leader known as ...

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