I can't find it anywhere .
2007-09-06 03:32:44 · 11 answers · asked by nikki.babiiieee 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The Crusades
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade
2007-09-06 03:39:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You´ll have to be a bit more clear.
A jihad means an "effort".
You can have a jihad to get drinking water to people, or to improve the standards of education.
Jihad does not mean Holy War.
However you may have a jihad to repel invaders into your country. This would then appear to be a Holy War.
By war do you mean things like "War on Want", or war with guns?.
In the case of war with guns, clearly any jihad which encompasses the use of guns could be called a holy war.
There is no Christian counterpart that I am aware of for jihad.
Use of guns in war involving Christians - well that includes most wars that I am aware of.
2007-09-06 03:40:40 · answer #2 · answered by Valmiki 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As far as I know the jihad is stated in the Qu'aran as a pillar of faith for the Muslims.
On the other hand, Jesus never said anything about carrying wars against other people of different religion.
So, theoretically, there is no Christian counterpart of the jihad.
The crusaders were using a pretext to start the war.
2007-09-06 07:24:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you thinking of the Crusades, when supposed Christians in Europe rode off to Jerusalem to "save" the Holy Land from the "infidels"?
If there is a general term for a Christian holy war, "crusade" is probably the closest there is, though it can mean a non-violent campain, as well. "Campus Crusade" is an effort to evangelize on college campuses, for example.
2007-09-06 03:41:20 · answer #4 · answered by Elissa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Crusades
An excellent case can be made that Bin Laden's fatwa declaring jihad on the U.S resembles the speech of Pope Urban II in 1095.
2007-09-06 03:44:51 · answer #5 · answered by Michael J 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Crusades. The Pope declared that the Holy Land was in the hands of the "infidels" (the Muslims and Jews), and sent everyone who would go, even children, off to try to kill them all. He assured them that if they went, all of their sins would be forgiven, and they would automatically go to heaven (the kind of get-out-of jail-free Muslims are being told that they will receive if they become suicide bombers).
2007-09-06 04:33:48 · answer #6 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Crusades.
2007-09-06 03:39:53 · answer #7 · answered by Ice 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
michal j: just read that resource link you posted. It's embarassingly bad. Shame on you for spreading misinformation (and an article which butchers the language so brutally!)
2007-09-06 03:51:54 · answer #8 · answered by Tree of Jesse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We called them the Crusades...
2007-09-06 03:39:47 · answer #9 · answered by dezimotobol 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
crusade
2007-09-06 05:27:18 · answer #10 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋