islam forward. >> the legacy of the crusades and jerusalem among the arabs in general is a horrible, horrible legacy. we have the way a european would remember it as a chapter of medieval europe, and there is also the way the arab or the muslim remembers it as a form of premodern colonial attack and occupation. >> jerusalem is a site that believers fought over whether those believers have been muslim or christian for years, because they believe that holding that land is important to their faith. >> if you are a believer, you believe absolutely your faith is the truth. so that's why in the case of jerusalem as holy city, people are absolutist. it's the only city on earth that exists on heaven and earth. it exists twice.