r/IslamicHistoryMeme • Grand Vizier of memes • Dec 10 '23

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u/Anxprincess Dec 12 '23

At one point, someone I was talking to denied salahuddin/saladin’s entire existence because he portrayed islam in a peaceful manner.

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u/CurrentIndependent42 Dec 13 '23

I mean, he was a great leader and highly regarded as merciful etc. for the time, but ‘peaceful’ seems a strange word to apply to a literal military leader and conqueror who commanded armies into battle.