Whats the difference between Christian "CRUSADE" and Islamic "JIHAD"?

Question

Tell me what YOU think . I feel they are the same but the west had highlighted "Jihad" and allowed "Crusade" to escape out the back door when it comes to global publicity. (superpower!). The invation of Iraq was a crusade (to gain more economic power of the world) to me. But ......WHERE ARE THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION?

Answer 1

Two words from two different languages that mean the same thing. This is why Bush was told to stop using it after we first went into Iraq. Because when he used 'crusade' it meant a holy/ religious war. His administration knew that the American ppl would not follow that at all so they stopped him from using it.

BUT, now we have all seen the truth! We all now know that was the real reason. This Iraqi war has been a religious war from the beginning.

Answer 2

Wow, what a crock...

Crusaders tried to regain the holy lands from Muslim occupiers. The same thing happened in Spain & France but they weren't called "crusades"

jihad means "personal struggle" although it's bastardized by Islamacists to include warring upon whichever enemy is chosen.

The way you use these terms suggest some sort of implied relativity between them, like they're the same thing or offset each other. It's ridiculous and a weak argument.

"to gain more economic power of the world" means what- to get Iraq'a oil? Prices have never been HIGHER for oil so how are we benefitting? We sure aren't getting any for free from Iraq.

The WMD's could be anywhere-Syria or Iran, remember the 6 or 7 months it took the UN to twiddle it's thumbs? The Oil for Food boondoggle was making too much money for everyone and no one wanted to lose out. That's when any number of biological and nuclear agents could've been moved. Don't you remember the SCUD casings the Italians found that had traces of Sarin in them???

Well keep trying, maybe you'll find a reason someday that will make getting rid of Saddam look like a bad idea. The Iraqi's sure seem to like VOTING- remember?

Answer 3

This whole use of Crusade to explain what is happening in Iraq was someone's clever way of manipulating people to understand that the war wasn't really about a stupid decision but about the STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL!!! Since the enemy is Muslim and has Jihad, well then we in America are all Christians on a Crusade (for democracy of course, which makes it OK). Anyone who was really paying attention before the invasion should have known that there were no weapons of mass destruction. Those who bought into the lie and those who remain ignorant to this day are choosing to be deceived.

Answer 4

The Crusades were sort of a Christian version of Jihad, but with very strictly stated goals. The major differences are that: they were hundreds of years ago, and frankly, we learned they were probably wrong and stopped them HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO!

The Iraq invasion is not a Christian Crusade.

I think the focus on WMD's should most realistically be that if Saddam had them they are in Syria now, or if he didn't, he was working to get them, and when he did he would absolutely use them against you and me among others; for certain for sure.

Answer 5

There is no difference between crusade and jihad. Both are so-called holy wars. Our presence in Iraq, however, cannot be considered a crusade because the stated purpose was not religious.

Answer 6

The invasion of Iraq was under the guise of a crusade in the same way that Osama's war against western civilization is a jihad. They both mean the same thing, i.e. a war against an ideology or religion. Personally i think that it's just pointless.

Answer 7

Both are means of using the sword in name of religion to end any opposition to your way of thinking by killing.

The crusade was a war for converting all to Christianity. It exists today as well but in a changed form. Missionery institutions all across the world use Charity for the dual purpose of serving as well as to spread the religion by influencing the human mind. It seems like a devious means to spread the word of God - but it is atleast service to mankind.

Jehad so far only knows the language of the sword unfortunately.

It is not the religion at fault - it is the people who become "self-styled" spiritual leaders and interpret it as such for their personal and political ambitions.

The Iraq war just like the crusades is a foolish attempt to give quick fix solution to a much bigger problem. The distrust between the West and the Islamic world.

Wars dont fix the problem - only increase the distrust and aggravate the scene. Antagonists on both sides get the opportunity to say "See I told you so..." to further their hate agenda...

Answer 8

The Crusades were holy wars launched by the Christian church a thousand years ago to take over the Holy Land and to convert everyone to their religion. Jihad is a holy war launched against anyone who is not Arab or Muslim. The difference is that the Christian church realized a thousand years ago that there is no justification for any holy war, and the Muslims haven't figured that out yet.

Answer 9

"Jihad" means "Holy War", which is what the Crusades were called. If you ask me, the words Holy & War are mutually exclusive.

Just because we were not able to find the weapons of mass destruction does not mean that they were not there, or at least, in the process of being assembled.

Answer 10

The difference is intelligence and spiritual wisdom. There is no large collection of christian religious leaders saying that going on a crusade, and killing random muslims, will automatically get you into heaven. There IS a large collection of Muslim religious leaders spewing that foolishness ... in addition to the laughable and obviously spiritually STUPID "77 virgins in heaven with you" corrollary.

1)Does God's heaven REALLY need to be enhanced by 77 virgins ... and
2) ... I'm glad my girlfriend knows a thing or two about sex, it makes the relationship more equal ... and a lot more fun ... if you know what I mean!

No sane man can compare Christianity's "love thy brother" to the stated and taught and encouraged Islamic policy of mass slaughter.