Posted on 02/14/2015 4:43:15 PM PST by lbryce
Political Islam breaks it down:
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The Jihad That Lead to the Crusades Obamas remarks about the evil of the Crusades, needs to be factually examined in detail. Here is such a list: 0355 After removing a Roman temple from the site (possibly the Temple of Aphrodite built by Hadrian), Constantine I has the Church of the Holy Sepulcher constructed in Jerusalem. Built around the excavated hill of the Crucifixion, legend has it that Constantines mother Helena discovered the True Cross here.
0613 Persians capture Damascus and Antioch.
0614 Persians sack Jerusalem. damaging the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the process.
0633 Muslims conquer Syria and Iraq.
0634 0644 Umar (c. 0591 0644) reigns as the second caliph.
0635 Muslims begin the conquest of Persia and Syria. 0635 Arab Muslims capture the city of Damascus from the Byzantines.
August 20, 0636 Battle of Yarmuk (also: Yarmuq, Hieromyax): Following the Muslim capture of Damascus and Edessa, Byzantine Emperor Heraclius organizes a large army which manages to take back control of those cities. However, Byzantine commander, Baänes is soundly defeated by Muslim forces under Khalid ibn Walid in a battle in the valley of the Yarmuk River outside Damascus. This leaves all of Syria open to Arab domination.
0637 The Arabs occupy the Persian capital of Ctesiphon. By 0651, the entire Persian realm would come under the rule of Islam and continued its westward expansion.
0637 Syria is conquered by Muslim forces.
0637 Jerusalem falls to invading Muslim forces.
0638 Caliph Umar I enters Jerusalem.
0639 Muslims conquer Egypt and Persia.
.....continues on through the millenia......
(Excerpt) Read more at pamelageller.com ...
0677 Muslims send a large fleet against Constantinople in an effort to finally break the city, but they are defeated so badly through the Byzantine use of Greek Fire that they are agreed to pay an indemnity to the Emperor.
0668 First Siege of Constantinople: This attack lasts off and on for seven years, with the Muslim forces generally spending the winters on the island of Cyzicus, a few miles south of Constantinople, and only sailing against the city during the spring and summer months. The Greeks are able to fend off repeated attacks with a weapon desperately feared by the Arabs:
Greek Fire. It burned through ships, shields, and flesh and it could not be put out once it started.
Whoa! Greek Fire??What is that? I never heard of it.
Being of such a formidable force and of such abject sense of fear I wanted to know more about it.
Comrade obama learned nothing from history because you first have to learn history before you learn from it.
” Muslims conquer Syria and Iraq”
Using the leftists language that should read “ Muslims occupy Syria and Iraq” - and do so to this day.
Let me use Obama’s own line, but against him; “He is such a jackass!” There, I said it!
Watch Bill Warner’s “Dynamic Battle Map” of Islamic conquest to get a sense of the timeline and geographic thrusts of muslim campaigns. It’s interesting that they gave up entering Europe from the east and then moved through North Africa to launch attacks from Iberia.
Contrast the centuries long muslim campaigns and enormous geographic spread to the comparatively small and limited-time crusade responses to Islamic aggression.
The administration is not honest. I suspect that everything they say is the opposite of what they are trying to accomplish.
I have seen this video. Everyone should watch it. The same thing is happening today. History is repeating itself and no one is paying attention.
Guess you hadn’t studied much history then
I'm still thinking we need Crusades 3.0
When I was in high school and even before that, we were taught the Crusades were a good thing. We also were told that they fouled up some times but not that they were evil just they were not always successful.
I just got through watching a couple of episodes of “Batman” on METV. You know what they are called? “The caped crusaders” Yes crusaders has always been a good praiseworthy word.
Now we are supposed to think Moslem murderers are the good guys and our attempts to stop them and oh heavens, roll their gains back are evil.
I know Jesus and Christians are going to be eventually victorious but right now it seems Satan is in charge.
Unfortunately, that is exactly the situation we find ourselves in. Western civilization currently is determined to go down a suicidal path. The same cast of characters is ready to step into the vacuum.
What has Islam ever actually done to lift mankind out of poverty and suffering? Even in the 60s when I went to school they were trying to teach us that Muslims came up with modern mathematics. This of course was not completely factual. They more or less stole mathematical ideas from societies they invaded and infiltrated. For whatever reason... even back in the 60s our educational system was trying to advance other cultures and give them credit for all sorts of stuff.
A couple centuries from now if Western civilization somehow comes back from the brink... school kids will probably learn how Muslims were the ones who developed the first iPhones.
He has been told from a young age that he is Gods gift to humanity that he is intelligent beyond any before or after and he believes every bit of it
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