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What Christians and Muslims Can Learn From the 'The Saint and the Sultan'

Forget the St. Francis of folklore – or Giotto, for that matter -- and make way for a chapter of history that longtime Newsday religion writer Paul Moses says, "in the language of the newsroom . . . was covered up.'' His new book, "The Saint and the Sultan,'' reveals a Francis so opposed to the Fifth Crusade that he crossed enemy lines on a peace mission in 1219 – and walked unarmed into the camp of the sultan of Egypt, Malik al-Kamil. Assisi is one of my favorite places in the world, and Francis one of the most familiar of all Catholic saints. Yet the wisp of smoke that was all I ...

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