The Battle of Poitier: What Happened in the Court of Martyrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

القدس العربي

Factuality

Ownership

The West is called the Battle of Poitier, or the Battle of Tor, and the Arabs are called the Court of Martyrs. The West sees it as the historic and decisive battle, which saved France and the rest of Europe from the extension of the Islamic occupation, which enabled Spain and Andalusia. The Arabs see it as the terrible defeat that has instilled the spirit of power in the armies of Europe, and gave it hope that the Islamic armies could be overcom…