Unwitting Crusaders: Examining the Roots of the Conflict between Islam and the West

In the aftermath of the attacks on September 11, 2001, many Americans were convinced that Al Qaeda had attacked us because they hated our freedom. For suggesting otherwise, some were condemned as unpatriotic. But what does the historical evidence say?

While avoiding the extremes of both the America-can-do-no-wrong crowd and the Blame-America-first crowd, Unwitting Crusaders briefly examines the 1,000 year history of Western-Islamic relations in search of a deeper understanding of the current conflict, and what the Western world can do to protect itself.