Context: Another Arabic word sometimes used for Christians, particularly in a political context, is Ṣalībī (صليبي "Crusader") from ṣalīb (صليب "cross") which refers to Crusaders and has negative connotations. However, Salibi is a modern term; historically, Muslim writers described European Christian Crusaders as al-Faranj or Alfranj (الفرنج) and Firinjīyah (الفرنجيّة) in Arabic" This word comes from the Franks and can be seen in the Arab history text Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh by Ali ibn al-Athir.

Question: What is the Arabic term when referring to Christians in a political sense?
Answer: Ṣalībī

Question: Ṣalībī comes from the word ṣalīb, which means what?
Answer: cross

Question: What does Ṣalībī mean?
Answer: Crusader

Question: What does Alfranj mean?
Answer: European Christian Crusaders

Question: Which Arabic term for Franks is particularly used in political context?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Which Arabic term refers to Crusaders with positive connotations?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What Arabic term for Christians can be translated as Firinjiyah?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did European writers describe Muslim Crusaders as?
Answer: Unanswerable