Why did the Crusaders try fight off righteous Islamic Invasion?

Question

The amount of ignorance on this subject is mind boggeling.

Everytime someone bashes the "Crusades", I ask them "Do you know who they were FIGHTING EINSTEIN!"

If I had a penny for each time a person didnt know that the Crusaders were fighting off Islamic invaders, I would be a zillionaire. One time, I literally got ill pondering the ramifications of our own ignorance...I mean, people defending Jihadist movements today by lashing out at "Crusaders" who...WERE FIGHTING JIHADISTS!!!!

The Jihadists believed that the world was divded into two camps: THE HOUSE OF ISLAM, AND THE HOUSE OF WAR. You either were in the house of Islam, or were in lands awaiting Islamic onslaught. By the way, google this historic phrase "House of Islam...", see how much is written about this Islamic concept, that still applies today.

Answer 1

If you can document you "righteous Islamic Invasion" anywhere, do so. The Crusader Kingdoms were slaughtered by the blood-thirsty Moslems who were intent on retaking the Holy Land, especially Jerusalem, from the Christians. People of other faiths, please take note: THE HOUSE OF ISLAM allows no religious freedom as we know it in the US. It is Islam or else. Study Mohamed and Islam and its history. These are a very dedicated group of faithful people.
They are willing to give their lives and ours for Allah and his kingdom. They do not believe in idols. I am strictly a monotheist. All I am saying is that they are deadly serious about claiming the whole world for THE HOUSE OF ISLAM any you know what that means for every one else.

Answer 2

thrilling adequate right that's what the authentic definition of the word is: a million: appearing in accord with divine or ethical regulation : unfastened from guilt or sin 2 a: morally good or justifiable b: bobbing up from an outraged experience of justice or morality in this definition from the english language it skill "unfastened from guilt or sin". in this definition it needless to say states that no one can legally call themselves righteous. What makes this so thrilling is that throughout the time of definition 2 you additionally could make righteous judgements and is often justifiably righteous with a feeling of outraged experience of justice or morality. so which you would be legally righteous in case you're against some thing you sense is incorrect or immoral. so which you will sense righteous approximately conversing out for or against an enterprise. yet BEING righteous, the only one that relatively can say you're is God himself and not any individual in any respect. This basically we are able to comprehend interior the tip. If all people says they are righteous interior the 1st meaning of the word they are incorrect. in the event that they say an enterprise is righteous, that's purely interior the eyes of the follower and the thank you to describe yet on no account a secure perception that God thinks they are righteous and devoid of sin. See how thrilling it gets? issues that make you go HMMMM

Answer 3

The Christians were fighting against three things and only one or two migh be considered just. 1) There were immediate attacks by Muslims on Christian boarders that required an equal measure of defense. 2) There was also the wish to reclaim land previously taken by Muslims, yet occupied for at least 200 years. This retaliations seems a little late. 3) There was a religious zeal and sense of God's will behind their missions that go beyond the governance and needs of their own people. This seems inappropriate to us today.

Answer 4

I suppose you could call the first Crusade 'taking back' the Holy Land if you like. But is it really taking something back if the people you're taking it from have been there for three hundred years? If, you know, that makes you feel better about Christians slaughtering the ENTIRE population of Jerusalem when they took the city.

I suggest, however, that you stop kidding yourself. Christians slaughtered a bunch of non-Christians because that's the kind of thing that God instructs Christians to do. If you believe otherwise, I suggest you stand a little bit closer to your Bible.

Answer 5

I do not doubt those who fought in the crusades believed they were fighting for a noble cause. I just find it difficult to believe that anyone would not understand that there is no such thing as Holy War unless you are discussing the end war that will take place between God and his angels and satan and his minions. War as we know it are fought for greed, power, control of land, or control of resources.

Answer 6

Read your history books.

The Crusaders came and conquered Jerusalem from the Jews and Muslims. They killed thousand upon thousands across Europe and the Mid-east in doing so--all in the name of G-d. (If only these peasant soldiers had realized it was really for power and wealth for the Church and the nobles).

When they captured the Holy City, they slaughtered every man, woman, and child in it. In the name of G-d?

It was the Christians who invaded the Mid-east and Jerusalem. They had no right to be there. Saladin freed the land for the Jews and the Muslims. When he freed Jerusalem, he declared that no one was to be killed.

Now, would you like to read a doctorate dissertation paper on this subject? Or, some of the many books I have?

Islam was not the invaders. The Christians were.

Answer 7

Excuse me - but it was the Crusaders who invaded lands occupied by Islamic people. Of course, they had been lands occupied by Christian people previously, but which had been conquered by Islamic invaders previously. You can go on like this ad infinitum. Most wars can be explained by realizing that there are some people who like fighting and killing - and go out and do it.

Answer 8

While not all crusaders had good motives, had they not fought, the entire world would have been overrun by Mohammed's armies.
Then we would have a world theocracy, and all the world would be as developed, and literate, and progressive, as Afganistan.

Answer 9

Because it was seen as an oppotunity for pride and power, rather than having ANYTHING to do with God or religion.

Blessed Be

Answer 10

Righteous invasion. Now THERE is an oxymoron if ever I heard one.