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	The term '''Saracen''' (from a [[Greece\|Greek]] root) was used during the [[Byzantine]] and [[Crusade\|Crusader]] ~~periods~~ to refer to [[Muslim]]s, especially those in a ~~European~~ context, for example in Sicily and southern Italy.		The term '''Saracen''' (from a [[Greece\|Greek]] root) was used during the [[Byzantine]] and [[Crusade\|Crusader]] [[period]]s to refer to [[Muslim]]s, especially those in a [[Europe]]an context, for example in [[Sicily]] and southern [[Italy]].

	[[Ptolemy]], in classical times, refers to an area in the nothern Sinai called ''Sarakene'', and a people, the ''sarakenoi'', living in Arabia.		[[Ptolemy]], in classical times, refers to an area in the nothern Sinai called ''Sarakene'', and a people, the ''sarakenoi'', living in [[Arabia]].

	The [[Christian]] fathers viewed them as Ishmaelites by ~~origina~~ and therefore outside the Abrahamic line of descent and outside the divine dispensation to Israel. They were therefore viewed as pagan, living outside the normal societal ''mores'', and characterised as enemies of the Faith and raiders of civilised areas.		The [[Christian]] fathers viewed them as Ishmaelites by origin and therefore outside the Abrahamic line of descent and outside the divine dispensation to [[Israel]]. They were therefore viewed as [[pagan]], living outside the normal societal ''mores'', and characterised as enemies of the Faith and raiders of civilised areas.

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The term '''Saracen''' (from a [[Greece|Greek]] root) was used during the [[Byzantine]] and [[Crusade|Crusader]] periods to refer to [[Muslim]]s, especially those in a European context, for example in Sicily and southern Italy.

[[Ptolemy]], in classical times, refers to an area in the nothern Sinai called ''Sarakene'', and a people, the ''sarakenoi'', living in Arabia.

The [[Christian]] fathers viewed them as Ishmaelites by origina and therefore outside the Abrahamic line of descent and outside the divine dispensation to Israel. They were therefore viewed as pagan, living outside the normal societal ''mores'', and characterised as enemies of the Faith and raiders of civilised areas.

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