THE CRUSADES EXPLAINED FOR LIBERALS & DEMOCRATS *VIDEO*
Mr Americana, Overpasses News Desk
October 8th, 2015
It has been a short while since Barack Obama suggested that
the Crusades were somehow on a par with, or even a justification for,
21st-century Islamic terrorism.
I objected to Obama’s casual slur at the link, saying, among other things:
There was nothing wrong, in principle, with the Crusades. They were an appropriate (if belated and badly managed) response to the conquest of the Holy Land by Islam. Did marauding 11th century armies inevitably commit outrages? They certainly did. In fact, that still happens today.
But the most unfortunate thing about the Crusades is that they failed.
I have been hanging on to this video by Dr. Bill Warner of the Center for the Study of Political Islam for a while now, waiting for the Crusades to come back into the news. Which hasn’t happened.
So here it is.
Dr. Warner’s point, which he makes persuasively, is that the Crusades were a mere blip compared to the centuries-long, and nearly successful, assault on Christendom by Islamic armies bent on conquest.
https://youtu.be/I_To-cV94Bo
It is frankly ludicrous for contemporary Muslims to whine about the Crusades.
I have also been hanging on to this: a BBC article about the Crusades controversy of a couple of months ago. The picture caption reads, “John Hinderaker says that the Crusades were a defensive war.”
Well, of course they were. The BBC goes on to summarize my post–the one linked above–without critical comment, for which I thank them.
Anyway, keep Dr. Warner’s video in mind next time someone tells you that the source of Islamic rage lies in the Crusades.
For more reference, this animated map of the growth of Christianity and Islam is very enlightening.
https://youtu.be/9Gp-_ZsUagc
Now to modern times, this map showing the spread and growth of Islam is more terrifying than the best horror film ever made.
October 8th, 2015
I objected to Obama’s casual slur at the link, saying, among other things:
There was nothing wrong, in principle, with the Crusades. They were an appropriate (if belated and badly managed) response to the conquest of the Holy Land by Islam. Did marauding 11th century armies inevitably commit outrages? They certainly did. In fact, that still happens today.
But the most unfortunate thing about the Crusades is that they failed.
I have been hanging on to this video by Dr. Bill Warner of the Center for the Study of Political Islam for a while now, waiting for the Crusades to come back into the news. Which hasn’t happened.
So here it is.
Dr. Warner’s point, which he makes persuasively, is that the Crusades were a mere blip compared to the centuries-long, and nearly successful, assault on Christendom by Islamic armies bent on conquest.
https://youtu.be/I_To-cV94Bo
It is frankly ludicrous for contemporary Muslims to whine about the Crusades.
I have also been hanging on to this: a BBC article about the Crusades controversy of a couple of months ago. The picture caption reads, “John Hinderaker says that the Crusades were a defensive war.”
Well, of course they were. The BBC goes on to summarize my post–the one linked above–without critical comment, for which I thank them.
Anyway, keep Dr. Warner’s video in mind next time someone tells you that the source of Islamic rage lies in the Crusades.
For more reference, this animated map of the growth of Christianity and Islam is very enlightening.
https://youtu.be/9Gp-_ZsUagc
Now to modern times, this map showing the spread and growth of Islam is more terrifying than the best horror film ever made.
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Lastly, here’s another explanation of the Crusades..Are we clear now?
The Crusades were nothing more than a defensive measure to stop the invasion of Islam.
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