Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: E mohiotia ana a Khoury mo ana rangahau whanui mo nga tautohetohe a Byzantine anti-Islamic. Ko tana whakaputanga o nga korerorero a te emepara Byzantine a Manuel II Palaiologos me tetahi "Persian maatauranga" i aro nui ake i te wa i whakahuahia ai i roto i te
Ko te korero a Pope Benedict XVI i te tau 2006 i puta ai te tautohetohe o te ao.