Did the Euro-Arab wars, "crusades", get resovled?

Question

Essentially did the European nations and the Arab Empire ever truely resolve cultural, political, social, economic AND relgious issues to form a long term peace - or was the issue ignored. If it was ignored - is it brewing again?

Answer 1

Actually,only US and Israel "make" crusade war against Muslim especially Arab(Syrian,Iraq) and also Iran.But in this case, Muslim "win".Crusade war like honor or holy war(Jihad)

Saladin @ Salehudin Ayubi

Answer 2

Probably not. Looking way back into the past is always a good excuse that explains why you are not the Prince you believe you should be.

A lot of the world's wars started with some insignificant events or acts and were exploded into something bigger by opportunists, bigots and political adventurists.

Sometimes when the war ends, people have a difficult time trying to remember what it was all about. Sometimes the opponents get tired of fighting and decide to "take a break" that starts as just a breather and it becomes stretched into years, decades and centuries

But there will always be someone who can find something in the past to be used to ignite a war all over again. Religious fanatics generally fall into that kind of a person.

Most wars probably could have been settled by a few words and a small exchange of items. We thought the United Nations was going to do that kind of peacekeeping but, instead, it became a political whorehouse and never got off the ground.

Answer 3

Actually, having taken a Crusades class in college, my professor said that the Crusades were largely forgotten by Arabs, and heroes such as Saladin became overshadowed by others like Baibars. As time went on, the Europeans saw the Muslims (particularly the Ottoman Empire) as less of "evil forces" and more like "just another empire to deal with, like France or England", and did trade and what not with them for the most part.

This stuff wouldn't resurface again until around the late 19th century, when Turkish students studying in European universities rediscovered the crusades from the European view point, and rediscovered heroes such as Saladin. They also equated the Empires that the British and French had around that time to being essentially an extension of the Crusades from the early period (cause they did control a vast amount of land all over the world).

You could argue that the Franks living in the Middle East (Europeans in the Holy Land during the time of the Crusades, from roughly 1099-1271) was an early form of imperialism, but they were independent politically from European powers (they weren't doing stuff that a king in France told them for example, and were often reliant on themselves to do stuff for the most part).

Of course, all this stuff from the past got painted onto contemporary times, and after World War 1, when the Ottoman Empire, which had been ruling the area pretty much since the fall of the last Crusader state in the Holy Land (it grew weaker because it was a land-based empire, and stagnated, economically speaking, while sea-based empires such as the European countries got powerful and rich by exploiting the "New World" of their wealth and land. Sad, but true) was dissolved for siding with the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, who lost World War 1). The British and French carved up the Middle East largely into what we have today, and those ideas from the past suddenly came back into people's minds.

The media being relatively ignorant of this situation certainly doesn't help either. They claim that Arabs have largely held some kind of grudge against Europeans for hundreds of years (why would they, because they won in the end, kicking out all the Christian Europeans who came there), but from what I just told you, it's not true (but you know, it doesnt' sound as "cool" either, so saying "they held a grudge all these hundreds of years" seems more acceptable). And when you say something to someone long enough, who doesn't have access to other information, of course they'll start to believe it, and then pass it on to their next generation.

It's actually a ton more complex than what I described here, but this is essentially the basics of what happened in the Crusades (and I have no friggin idea what the Crusades accomplished, because a lot of the stuff they said they were going to do never lasted long enough, unless you count Spain and the Reconquista, but that was happening for hundreds of years before the First Crusade ever took off. And Crusading itself became less about serving Jesus and more about the Pope handling political enemies. For example, the Hussites, considered heretics and therefore dangerous, successfully repelled army after crusading army, which made you think, were they really sent by God? Some also wondered why not much got accomplished, and if you study it, only the First Crusade can be technically considered a success.).

Oh yeah, as you can see, this stuff is quite complicated, although if you study it, it'll certainly help explain why stuff is happening the way it is today.

Answer 4

The crusades were actually waged by the european monarchs / popes that reigned during the first second and third crusades.
Superficially, it was over religion (wich I believe to be the true root of evil) but in the end it was just like most other conflicts, wealth and land. The problem was never god, it has always and forever will be man. Peace eluded taht region then ans continues to be a ghost to this day. The crusades never ended

Answer 5

Well, there are still cultural and religious biases there as a result of the Crusades, but the long and short of it is that the European's got their butts kicked. Not nearly enough manpower, supply lines incredibly too long, they completely underestimated the Arabic people's resolve, sophistication, and ability to fight. They got beaten back after a bloodbath, and had to leave.

Answer 6

Arabs are still pissed over the Crusades, and for some reason their history is a little off since they seem to think America was one of the Crusader Nations.

America wasn't even "discovered" during the Crusades.

So, no... Not resolved. Gotta be pissed at something, as long as its America's fault I guess they will all sleep better at night.

Answer 7

Europe is a subcontinent, Mexico is a rustic, Arabic is a language, Asia is maximum of a continent (i.e. all of Eurasia that's no longer in Europe) and Black is a shade. And Latinos or Hispanics are, like Arabs, a linguistic team of many colorations. you're particularly comparing apples and oranges in this question. it is achieveable to be Black and Arab, or Black and Latino. There are even black Europeans now.

Answer 8

It slowed down for a bit in the last century, but accelerated again in the past few decades due to the large influx of Muslim immigration into W. EU.

Answer 9

papi said the right answer.. I too believe religious zealots American Evangelists included are the root of all evil

Answer 10

um, no not yet. Don't you watch the news and iraq, lebanon etc?:)))))