King William II of Sicily, Muslim King? Ibn Jubayr and his Conflicted Attitudes toward Christians

I examine the travel account of Spanish Muslim traveler Ibn Jubayr, who from 1183-85 undertook the Hajj, traveling to Mecca and Medina but also traversing much of the Islamic world and returning through Christian-held territories in the Holy Land and Sicily. I examine his reactions to the Christian other , and in particular his mixed response to Sicily, whose king in many ways governed and lived like an ideal Muslim ruler