The Crusades

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Holy War of Christianity

Saint Augustine of Hippo, a seminal thinker on the concept of just war The Biblical account of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho has been used to justify genocidal Holy war, including war waged on one Christian sect by another.[22]:3 Chirot also interprets 1 Samuel 15:1-3 as "the sentiment, ...

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A Map of the Crusades Era

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The Crusades - Introduction

The Western ViewThe expansion of Islam and the Arab empire through the Seljuk Turks in the 11th century caused a note of distress to the clergy of Christianity. The conquest of areas in the Christian Byzantium empire helped to spur anger and resentment against Muslims. With an ever increasing popul...

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Jesus as the Messiah

The word CHRIST is derived from the Hebrew word Messiah, Arabic-Masih. Root word m-a-s-a-h-a, meaning to rub, to massage, to anoint. Priests and kings were anointed when being consecrated to their offices. But in its translated, Grecian form "CHRIST", it seems unique:befitting Jesus only. The Chris...

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Chronology of Crusades

Invasion1095-1099 The First Crusade1096Kilij Arslan, sultan of Nicaea, crushes acrusaders invasion led by Peter the Hermit.1097First great expedition by the Crusaders, known asFranj in Arabia.1098The Crusaders take Edessa and then Antioch, andtriumph over a Muslim rescue army commanded by Karbuqa, ...

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Jerusalem is Regained

Salah Al-Din had begun a campaign to reconquer the lands that were once in Muslim control. He set out and in some cases without bloodshed regained much of Asia Minor. His most notable conquest was that of the Holy City. Salah Al-Din asked the occupants of the city to leave peacefully or stay peacefu...

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The Myth of Early Christian Persecution

“The Myth of Persecution”: Early Christians weren’t persecuted The Romans did not target, hunt or massacre Jesus' followers, says a historian of the early church Ref. URL: http://www.salon.com/2013/02/24/the_myth_of_persecution_early_christians_werent_persecuted/ In the immediate aftermath of the Co...

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The Bloodiest Civilization

We can look at the start of Christianity and see how millions of Christians were tortured and killed by Christians, but let us just pick a few major events from the history. The Crusades The European armies were saying, as they slaughtered Jews and both Christian and Muslim Arabs: “Kill them...

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Quotations on Jihad and Crusades

Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.w.) "The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest ofself." "The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood ofthe martyr."Karen Armstrong, Muhammad - A Biography OfThe Prophet . . . there are also Christians there who feel it theirduty to live alongside the oppressed...

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Pope's Call

In November of 1095, Pope Urban II initiated the first European attempt at colonizing the Muslim world - known in the West as the Crusades - by drawing this fateful picture:For you must hasten to carry aid to your brethren dwelling in the East, who need your help, which they have often asked. For th...

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Arrival of the Franj

The beginnings of the Turkish empire that would span across the Byzantium empire in future years was led by a young sultan, Kilij Arslan who was based in Nicacea, a few days march from Constantinople. It was in1096 that news of thousands of knights, farm-workers, women, and children often in rags wi...

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Tears of Salahuddin

Once an army scout came to Salahuddin with a sobbing woman beating her breast. She had come from the camp of Franj and wanted to see the master. Salahuddin asked his interpreter to question her. She said: 'Yesterday some Muslim thieves entered my tent and stole my little girl. I cried all night, and...

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