[governsleastgovernsbest]

[governsleastgovernsbest]

If a reporter can’t say that in 2014, Muslim extremism represents a greater threat than Christian or Jewish extremism, what good is he? Ping to Today show list.

[Louis Foxwell]

The Crusades were vital for the continued existence of Christian Europe. Muslims were engaged in hundreds, perhaps thousands of raids throughout Europe. Spain, France and Italy were virtually lost. The Holy Land was lost. Without the Crusades Christianity would have been decimated.

[G Larry]

The Crusades began AFTER 400 years of Muslim invasions and slaughters of Christians.

They were a defensive response.

[MNDude]

It says a lot about a religion if you have to go back a thousand years.

[tomkat]

             

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[Mercat]

Battle of Tours. If we had not had the crusades, we’d all be speaking Arabic and bowing towards Mecca five times a day.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Let’s have another Crusade.

[SES1066]

The Islamic doctrine that once a place is conquered by Islam (Dar al-Islam) it remains Islamic territory forever, should be turned against them by Christianity. From Egypt to Turkey through the entire Mediterranean basin, all of it was Christian before the Islamic conquest by force! Return them to their precious Mecca and Medina which were only shared by Christians and Jews before Mohammed.

[LucianOfSamasota]

As I recall, the Crusades were a response to 400 years of very successful Islamic invasions of Christian countries.

Wasn’t the point of the first Crusade to succor the Byzantine Christians and regain the Holy Land, which had fallen to Islamic conquest?

[American in Israel]

[Jim Noble]

What was wrong with the Crusades?