Posted on 03/10/2016 3:28:46 AM PST by Biggirl
One of the more pernicious and prevalent post-9/11 myths is that one of Islams most fundamental concepts, jihad, has been distorted by violent extremists who have hijacked the religion. In this fairy-tale view, jihad is above all a struggle for self-betterment that al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, Boku Haram, and others have twisted and deformed. Mourad of Smith College and Lindsay of Colorado State University provide an excellent antidote to this ahistorical nonsense by offering a serious primer on the historical codification of jihad and its subsequent application in response to the Crusaders.
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You recall why the people are called “Turks” and the land is called Turkey.
The Turkic people are from Iran/South Russia part of the world. The Turkic mooselimb people fought and conquered the tired and battle weary mooselimb Persia people.
Those Turkic people then invaded Asia Minor and slowly ground the indigenous people and their homes into dust.
The seven Christian Churches http://www.meandertravel.com/biblical_asia_minor/biblical_asia_minor.php?details=sevenchurchesofasiaminor
of Asia Minor, all destroyed by the mooslimbs.
Yes, the Ottomans were masters of attrition warfare. That is nothing like some impatient dodo who wants to blow himself up right away.
Otto-turks sat proudly atop their horses and would strategically withdraw rather than be killed. Muslims kill each other far more than the Crusaders ever did.
They dominated Islam until the 1900s. Throughout that time the Crimeans and Barbary pirates were slavers hunting down Christians while Europe was mired in more important problems.
So any grudges over the Crusades are simply the agitprop of cherry-picked history.
Don’t overlook the boost modern day jihad got from westerners who take every opportunity to undermine their own culture.
True, and was on the verge of taking over all of Europe till they met The Hammer (Charles Martel). The question is...Who will be our Charles Martel today?
It's like killing roaches - you have to kill 'em all, otherwise what's the use?
Did the Normandy invasion intensify Nazism?
The politically correct, bleeding heart, GODless libs would have you, and especially the low information crowd, believe that, but the Crusades were in RESPONSE to jihad. We need a Crusade now to save Western Civilization!
No the Crusades were a reaction by Christians to the Islamist animals stunts.
And we need someone to lead it and that person sure isn't Herself.
“DID THE CRUSADES INTENSIFY THE JIHAD?”
What difference does it make? If someone needs killing, they need killing, and that’s an end of it. Whether their pals will get riled over it makes no difference. Not if you value your survival.
When it comes to radical Islam, there are only exactly two choices: You either pay the Jizya, or you play Whack-a-Muslim.
As Golda Meir said, “Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.” Clearly, that time is nowhere in sight.
Islam spread via conquering and violence from the moment Mohammed had the vision that had permission to loot/raid during the holy month and kill those who would not convert.
That happened before he even conquered Mecca, much less before Islam spread throughout Arabia.
God raises up people for specific reasons. The Babylonians were used to judge Judah for their abominations especially child sacrifice. Nothing new under the sun except that today only 6 nations outlaw pre-born genocide.
Outlaw all child sacrifice for a reprieve. Pray for a worldwide revival. God’s judgment will happen but I am hoping He will warn the world before the two prophets of Revelation.
This explains the Sunni Muslims reasons for promoting Jihad against any one non-Muslim of the Sunni sect.
However, the Shia Muslims seem to be equally vicious against non-Muslims.
So it seems that the real culprit in all this hatred and animosity is Islam itself.
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