Was Saladin Agnostic?

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Can we think of any reason why a major American Holywood motion picture would wish to distance it's hero from Islam?

Most of his portrayal in 'literature' is from Walter Scott and the Victorians which tells you a lot more about their attitudes to themselves and what they saw as important values than it does about an actual medieval Islamic ruler

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Source: stackoverflow.com

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