TY - JOUR T1 - Historical bases and roots of Islamphobia in the west Case by case survey of the Crusades TT - مبانی و ریشه های تاریخی اسلام هراسی غرب بررسی موردی جنگهای صلیبی JF - pte-journal JO - pte-journal VL - 1 IS - 2 UR - http://journal.pte.ac.ir/article-1-94-fa.html Y1 - 2009 SP - 122 EP - 135 N2 - Without any doubt nowadays Islamphobia is one of the most strategic fears of the West and Christianity. Islamic revoloution happening with leadership of Imam Khomeini (PGOH) and its intellectual and political side effects on contemporary world increased the passion for study and research of Islam and Shiism in a very notable way. At the same time breakdown of Soviet :union: as the most powerful rival of the West and growth of Islamic movements under the effect of Islamic revoloution idea, made paying attention to Islamic Middle East and reviewing Islamic history more necessary especially when it comes to historical relations between Islam and Christianity. Showing a horrible face of Muslims and emphasizing on them as an outsider accelerated Islamphobia day by day. However it’s undeniable that Islamphobia has been formed and developed up on a long historical basic. The main problem of current the research is to outline what are the source of Islamphobia and where are its intellectual origins. The writer believes that althought knowing Christians and western people from Islam aspect of view, using experiences such as Byzantium, Sicily and Andalus, should not be forgotten but 2 century the famous Crusades played a very significant role too to shape this fault historical memory in Christians’ minds. At the same time this article tries to research the role and position of the Crusades as one of the main factors of Islam phobia in West. M3 ER -