“It took 200 years for the Crusaders to create [this] Muslim fanaticism. It was the exact imitation of Christian intolerance.”

— Terry Jones

Crusades, episode 4; first broadcast in January 1995 http://www.amazon.ca/Crusades-Terry-Jones/dp/6303454550. Co-written with Alan Ereira.

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