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>Frought with schisms over fucking succession and entire sects more dedicated to Persian Mysticism and pagan cults than the koran, and ultimately only innovative in the preservation of knowledge from older pagan cultures, dependent on slaves from pagan areas who in many cases kept their customs
>fairly petty caliphates that got taken over by their fucking SLAVES at one point, their caliphates can almost always be described as a tyranny powered by assassination
>Only about 600 years and not 2160
>Islamic
>Golden
>Age
This is worse than Holy Roman Empire in terms of being such a colossal fucking meme.
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>>2177565
Do modern terrorist groups draw any inspiration from the Assassins?
Hard to imagine there was actually a death cult killing all the high profile individuals just for fun.
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>>2177572
>Do modern terrorist groups draw any inspiration from the Assassins?
No they are mushrikin
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>>2177565
I was gonna read a 600 page book on the subject, you just saved me a load of time, thanks
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I have no idea what is and isn't jest anymore.
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>>2177572
If they did, they would bother to assassinate key targets instead of randumb terror.
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>>2177565
>Conquered empires
>Got rich
>Technology and the other arts were rising fast
>The viking age lasted about 300 years not 2160
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