Posted on 03/19/2015 11:02:07 AM PDT by Ray76
News arrived in Europe in 1571 that Muslim Turks, under the command of Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha, surrounded the Christians in Famagusta, Cyprus.
Muslims promised the defenders of Cypus that if they surrendered, they would be allowed to leave.
Unfortunately, Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha broke his promise, flayed the Venetian commander, killed all 6,000 Christians prisoners, and turned the beautiful St. Nicholas Church into the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque.
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Foolish Cypriots... they should have learned from the example of the Banu Qurayza tribe that you don’t surrender to Muslims.
My bad... Venetians, not Cypriots...
This had nothing to do with Islam.
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