When the Muslims were 'savage, barbarious & bloody sword' & how difficult that sword made life for the Christians. First in 634. Then the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 638. This is the beginning of Muslim aggression, and Christians in the Holy Land faced un escalating spiral of persecution. And also, many early Churches were replaced by Mosques. (You can find remains today of some of the early Churches in recent archeological finds.)
Reading the book, 'The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (& the crusades)' by Robert Spencer.
2007-10-02 09:25:26 · 8 answers · asked by LottaLou 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ross, I don't think it is as simple as that. But no one seems to bring up the persecution of Christians in the past & what they have had to go through because of Muslims who did it. I don't think the Crusades were right. But then they didn't know who their enemy was. If it was the right thing to do. Things would have turned out better.
2007-10-02 15:45:32 · update #1
The violent expansion of Islam at the expense of the Non Muslim World happened right from the start
The Crusades were hundreds of years later and have been over for hundreds of years but the Islamist Jihads are still going strong and killing millions.
Ask any member of a religious minority in a contemporary Muslim -majority country today.
However, I would have preferred to have been a Christian in a Muslim land 1000 years ago than a Muslim in a Christian one a 1000 years ago.
Muslims often complain about how the Western World treats them with suspicion but they rarely complain about the persecutions and murders of Non Muslims in Muslim countries today. Even if I were a Muslim,I would do all i could to prevent myself from having to live in a Muslim dominated country today.
2007-10-02 09:37:25 · answer #1 · answered by James O 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Let's not forget the fact that when the First Crusade happened, the crusaders massacred the majority of the population of Jerusalem and Antioch.
Or that the fourth crusade was suppose to go to the Holy Land, but ended up sacking Constantinople instead.
The "official" reason for the crusades what what you stated. However, it had more to do with aiding the Byzantine Empire against the Arabs, who were beginning to take land.
So, it's kind of a moot point who attacked first. Both sides were despicable
2007-10-02 09:38:09 · answer #2 · answered by Mitchell j 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hard question - because who "attacked" first were Political Entities...not religious organizations.
Iberia was beseiged by the Berbers who were actually first invited in. They just decided to stay and conquer after they had finished their job.
The Byzantine Empire was constantly being chipped away at by whomever was the number 1 power in the Middle East.
It really became a religious war later on....
2007-10-02 09:32:29 · answer #3 · answered by D.Chen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Christians. The Muslims were aggressive but they allowed freedom of religion. The Christians killed everything in their way including other Christians.
2007-10-02 09:30:10 · answer #4 · answered by The Return Of Sexy Thor 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was the crusaders that attack first - three times as I recall before the muslims answered back.
Islam has never started a war. They have always been provoked into war to defend themselves. Latest it is the christian Bush going after their throats.
2007-10-02 09:31:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You have it right when you talk about Jerusalem in 638.
2007-10-02 09:30:06 · answer #6 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah yeah, its always us Muslims fault. Blame everything on us why don't you? Blame us for global warming too while you're at it.
2007-10-02 09:34:28 · answer #7 · answered by Hope 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
brainwashed
2007-10-02 09:32:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋