The Battle of Ain Jalut
By Basharat Ali
What can we learn from our history? What can we learn from the Battle of Ain Jalut? In the 12th century Hulagu Khan and his Mongol armies had swept irresistibly westwards and threatened to conquer the whole of Europe. But their advance was stopped by the Muslim Mamluks in Palestine, at the Battle of Ain Jalut. Unflinching courage based on absolute trust in Allah can stop the most formidable enemy….