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The Truth about Islamic Crusades and Imperialism
American Thinker ^ | November 27, 2005 | James Arlandson

Posted on 02/19/2015 5:18:20 PM PST by Sons of Union Vets

Historical facts say that Islam has been imperialistic—and would still like to be, if only for religious reasons. Many Muslim clerics, scholars, and activists, for example, would like to impose Islamic law around the world. Historical facts say that Islam, including Muhammad, launched their own Crusades against Christianity long before the European Crusades.

Today, Muslim polemicists and missionaries, who believe that Islam is the best religion in the world, claim that the West has stolen Islamic lands and that the West (alone) is imperialistic.One hardline Muslim emailer to me said about the developed West and the undeveloped Islamic countries: 'You stole our lands' and then he held his finger on the exclamation key to produce a long string of them.

Thus imperialism, a word that has reached metaphysical levels and that is supposed to stop all debates and answer all questions, explains why Islamic countries have not kept up with the West. The emailer did not look inwardly, as if his own culture and religion may play a role. Instead, it is always the West's fault......

.....It must be admitted that there is much to dislike about the European Crusades. If they are contrasted with the mission and ministry of Jesus and the first generations of Christians, then the Crusades do not look so good. But did the Europeans launch the first Crusade in a mindless, bloodthirsty and irrational way, or were there more pressing reasons? Were they the only ones to be militant?

The purpose of this article is not to justify or defend European Crusades, but to explain them, in part—though scholarship can go a long way to defend and justify them

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: History; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: 2016election; americanthinker; arlandson; crusades; election2016; florida; islam; islamiccrusades; jamesarlandson; jimarlandson; marcorubio; muslimcrusades

1 posted on 02/19/2015 5:18:20 PM PST by Sons of Union Vets
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To: Sons of Union Vets
When I heard what our POTUS had to say about what the Crusades did "in the name of Christ," it angered me that he said nothing about why those Crusades were proclaimed.

He said nothing about the fact that they were a legitimate DEFENSIVE response to the Islamic "crusades" that preceded the European Crusades by centuries and whose atrocities were committed in the name of "Allah."

2 posted on 02/19/2015 5:24:14 PM PST by Sons of Union Vets (Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory!)
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To: Sons of Union Vets

Correct


3 posted on 02/19/2015 5:53:30 PM PST by StoneWall Brigade (Daniel 2 Daniel 7 Daniel 9 Revelation 13 Revelation 16 Revelation 17 Revelation 18 Revelation 19)
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To: Sons of Union Vets

SILENCE INFIDEL; you are not supposed to know that, how dare you pay attention in high School History class (circa 1964). You will now report to the nearest re-education camp in order to have those accurate thoughts cleansed from your infidel mind.
You must be re-educated by proper Dhimmi, Obastard appointed politically correct teachers.


4 posted on 02/19/2015 8:01:22 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Sons of Union Vets; All
Check this out. The Center for the Study of Political Islam used software to do a timeline map of what Jihad did compared to the Crusaders.

Video: Jihad vs Crusades

5 posted on 02/19/2015 8:46:59 PM PST by QT3.14 (Help control the Liberal population. Have a Liberal spayed or neutered.)
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To: Sons of Union Vets

All You need to learn about this stuff is in ten books, as a beginner’s guide:

1. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and The Crusades by Robert Spencer

2. The Politically Incorrect Guide to The Middle East By Martin Sieff

3. Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore By Jay Sekulow and Jordan Sekulow

4. Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs By Robert Spencer

5. Marked for Death: Islam’s War Against the West and Me By Geert Wilders

6. Twilight in America: The Untold Story of Islamic Terrorist Training Camps Inside America by Martin Mawyer and Patti Pierucci

7. Sharia Versus Freedom: The Legacy of Islamic Totalitarianism By Andrew G. Bostom

8. How Obama Embraces Islam’s Sharia Agenda by Andrew C. McCarthy

9. The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda by Fawaz A. Gerges

10. The Twilight War: The Secret History of America’s Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran by David Crist

11. The Islamic Antichrist: The Shocking Truth about the Real Nature of the Beast BY Joel Richardson


6 posted on 02/19/2015 10:02:33 PM PST by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

Added a 11th since it was worth looking into.


7 posted on 02/19/2015 10:03:02 PM PST by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

Better yet and free is:
Prophet of Doom by Craig Winn

http://www.prophetofdoom.net/

“is the best-documented, most comprehensive, presentation of Islam’s five oldest and most reliable scriptural sources.

Ishaq’s Biography of Muhammad, Tabari’s History of Islam, and Bukhari’s and Muslim’s Hadith, were used to reorder the Qur’an chronologically and to set its surahs into the context of Muhammad’s life.

When this evidence is evaluated systematically, the only rational conclusion is that Islam’s lone prophet was a ruthless terrorist, a mass-murderer, a thief, slave trader, rapist and pedophile.”

Islam’s Terrorist Dogma, In Muhammad’s Own Words
TO MUSLIMS MAY THE TRUTH SET YOU FREE

Book, chapters, references all pdfs

The entire book:
http://www.prophetofdoom.net/pdf/Prophet_of_Doom_Entire_Book.pdf


8 posted on 02/20/2015 4:04:50 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: 5th MEB
LOL

Indeed. Some of us did manage to slip beneath the Marxist/Dhimmi "indoctrination" radar!!!

Now we need to "start spreadin' the news."

9 posted on 02/20/2015 8:22:54 AM PST by Sons of Union Vets (Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory!)
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To: PIF; All

Thanks. You can read the Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and The Crusades here: file:///C:/Users/jose/AppData/Local/Temp/Politically-Incorrect-Guide-to-Islam-by-Robert-Spencer-2.pdf


10 posted on 02/20/2015 2:22:30 PM PST by Mozilla
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To: All

It wants to download the file on my machine before opening.
So try this link: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fconservativepapers.com%2F%3Fwpfb_dl%3D5&ei=bbTnVPymI6jCsAT33YHIBg&usg=AFQjCNHggH7NMUVCUxCXsKphzKYh_5KYYw&sig2=B3SYZmUbmQHmnnrsBK82qw&bvm=bv.86475890,d.cWc

Best I can do is the link from google’s search engine.


11 posted on 02/20/2015 2:27:23 PM PST by Mozilla
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To: PIF

I should add your link nicely opens in my browser, but the link to the Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and The Crusades does not open in Browser but it downloads and opens in a reader program.


12 posted on 02/20/2015 2:33:49 PM PST by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

The link you provide is to your home PC hard drive. A very bad idea.

Apparent free download at:
http://zypokava.jimdo.com/2013/12/04/politically-incorrect-guide-to-islam-by-robert-spencer-pdf/


13 posted on 02/20/2015 4:18:08 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Mozilla

Must be your set up. Both open in FF here.


14 posted on 02/20/2015 4:20:02 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF

It seems to want one to download because the link your provided downloads the book. Google does a direct link to the file. I say it is the file, but I can after it downloads open it on the browser which is what I attempted to do and the link was to my computer where it stored the file.


15 posted on 02/20/2015 5:57:53 PM PST by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

Perhaps check your browser preferences - if you are using IE all bets are off.


16 posted on 02/21/2015 2:49:48 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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