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The first responders from the Crusades to Gaza

Summary by Islam21c
The first responders following the First Crusade in 1099 — where up to 70,000 people were killed — were poets. [1] [2] In the Prophet’s time (ﷺ), poets like Hassan bin Thābit used their poetic skill to lampoon Islam’s enemies. In the Crusades, it was the words of Abu l-Muzaffar al-Abīwardī (d. 1113) and Ahmad bin Muhammad bin al-Khayyāt (d. 1123) that were the first to arouse the Muslims of Bilād al-Sham into a response. What the poems focus on …
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Islam21c broke the news in on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
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