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BBC Warns Football Fans Dressing as Crusaders ‘Offensive’ to Muslims
Breitbart ^ | 6/4/2016 | DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS

Posted on 06/04/2016 5:15:33 PM PDT by Beave Meister

The BBC has warned English football fans not to dress as crusaders when attending the Euro 2016 tournament this summer as they might cause offence to Muslims.

The advice comes via their ‘iWonder’ website, aimed at a younger audience, which asks such pressing questions as “Was Shakespeare a feminist?” and “How green is my commute?”

Posing the question: “Is it wrong to dress as a crusader for an England match?” the answer appears to be a resounding “yes”.

“Crusaders were the perpetrators of violent attacks across Europe and the Middle East on Muslims, Jews and pagans,” the website intones, suggesting that fans may simply want to don the English flag instead, as “this has nothing to do with crusaders or what they stood for”.

And although it can’t help musing: “The English flag used to have connotations with far-right nationalism,” it is forced to concede that: “Today the flag is flown by local authorities and individuals in a purely patriotic sense.”

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


TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: bbc; british; crusaders; england; euro; europe; football; islam; liberals; muslims; soccer; uk
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To: Beave Meister

Offends ME as Well

Quit Dressing and Start Acting like MEN


61 posted on 06/04/2016 6:15:27 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: Beave Meister

Sure thing, muslims can pose with Christian heads they’ve chopped off, but display a cross on your shirt and YOU’RE the antagonist. Time for a cleansing.


62 posted on 06/04/2016 6:17:24 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Beave Meister
The Crusades were defensive warfare for the purpose of re-taking lands of the Byzantine Middle East which had been invaded and occupied by the Islamic aggressors, securing Christian places of pilgrimage, and lifting the Islamic yoke from the shoulders of the indigenous Christian people.

The Crusades were, I say again, defensive --- comparable to the landing of the Allies at Normandy during WWII.

People say, "well, weren't they conquering the Holy Land?" Truth be told, they were trying to RE-conquer it, as Muslims had been waging war and slaughtering pilgrims in the region for hundreds of years. The Muslims had already conquered 2/3 of historic Christendom by fire and sword! God's Battalions - The Case for the Crusades by Rodney Stark lays out the history.

Historian Thomas Madden puts it this way:

It is often assumed that the central goal of the Crusades was forced conversion of the Muslim world. Nothing could be further from the truth. From the perspective of medieval Christians, Muslims were the enemies of Christ and His Church. It was the Crusaders’ task to defeat and defend against them. That was all.
They sure don't teach that in school, do they!?
63 posted on 06/04/2016 6:24:57 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Point of reality-based information.)
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To: Beave Meister
Well we don't want them offended, now do we?

And just in case you missed it, </sarc>.

64 posted on 06/04/2016 6:28:13 PM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: golux

My HS, and kids current school is a former Catholic school with the Crusader mascot. There were rumblings of replacing it a few years ago. They are trying to recruit international students and afraid they may offend. They would lose a lot of cash if they ever did that. I was quite pleased last night when a student from China gave the opening address at the class night for the graduating class, ended her speech with a loud “Go Crusaders”.


65 posted on 06/04/2016 6:30:00 PM PDT by sox_the_cat
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To: doug from upland

My Norski Grandpa had many songs and poems that the main theme was “don’t count on a dozen cowards to help you, just ask a single Norwegian to fix it”

He measured 6’ 6” when he was 70 ... I don’t know how tall he was when he was younger.

I watched him pull a wood fencepost out of the ground, spin it to remove the staples and barb wire and hit a Stallion right between the eyes that was attacking my sister ... took him all of 3 seconds and he was 69 years old at the time... knocked the Stallion out cold and had his pocket knife out to finish the job and my Dad stopped him, Dad just said “GLUE” Grandpa just said “SOON”.

And he Yodeled from hill tops (had quite a following, Grandma was English and not amused by the bevy of not so young loveleys Grandpa assembled)


66 posted on 06/04/2016 6:39:51 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: Beave Meister

So if the Crusaders attacked Jews, Muslims and Pagans, why are the BBC staff only worried about offense to Muslims?


67 posted on 06/04/2016 6:43:22 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (0bama's insane rantings prove that power deludes, and absolute power deludes absolutely.)
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To: Beave Meister

It'll be a cold day in H*ll when this rugby team is "forced" to change its name. The Crusaders (originally known as the Canterbury Crusaders) are a New Zealand Rugby Union team based in Christchurch, New Zealand
68 posted on 06/04/2016 6:43:25 PM PDT by CDB (Life is like licking honey from a thorn--old Balkan folk saying)
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To: Beave Meister

It is my Understanding that the Crusaders were the only thing that put a stop to round one of the invasion of Islam. A time in which Muslims murdered, raped, tortured, and enslaved the native people where ever they went. Notice how there is no mention of any of that and also how it is the same thing they are doing today.


69 posted on 06/04/2016 6:47:12 PM PDT by Revel
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To: mistfree

Yep! Sounds good to me!


70 posted on 06/04/2016 6:47:17 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: Beave Meister

Let them be offended.

The Crusades were not only justified, it’s a shame that Europe didn’t finish the job.


71 posted on 06/04/2016 6:48:43 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: TexasTransplant

He sounded awesome! I know you miss him.


72 posted on 06/04/2016 6:49:08 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (<<<<<<< he no longer IS my 'teddy bear'.)
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73 posted on 06/04/2016 7:01:01 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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74 posted on 06/04/2016 7:07:39 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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75 posted on 06/04/2016 7:13:36 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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76 posted on 06/04/2016 7:21:14 PM PDT by Beave Meister (Die Hard Cubs Fan.....if it takes forever.)
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To: Beave Meister
Crusaders were the perpetrators of violent attacks across Europe and the Middle East on Muslims, Jews and pagans,” the website intones, suggesting that fans may simply want to don the English flag instead, as “this has nothing to do with crusaders or what they stood for”.

If it hadn't been for the Crusaders, Europe would have been Muslim for the last 900 years. The Crusaders were chasing Muslims out of Christian areas that they had captured. If Charles Martel and his ilk had a few modern weapons, Muslims would be history.

77 posted on 06/04/2016 7:25:57 PM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALL)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

That was a long time ago and I was a child, my Grandfather passed the next year, my Father turns 84 in August and we still tell that fencepost story ... I tell my Grand-kids some of the little rhymes (or whatever they were) when he complained about the English and those that spoke it ...
“They used to call it yam and now they call it yellie”
He was my Mothers Father and my Dad thought the World of him, those two agreed on everything except horses and they could argue about Horses for hours, walking, sitting or just resting their arms on a fence rail pointing fingers at the field.


78 posted on 06/04/2016 7:27:46 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: cloudmountain

Good point. After 1000 years of marrying their 6 year old first cousin its a miracle they can find their way to the stadium.


79 posted on 06/04/2016 7:34:50 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: TexasTransplant

Wow. My eyes are welling up. Carry on that memory and traditions. All we have left.


80 posted on 06/04/2016 7:35:19 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (<<<<<<< he no longer IS my 'teddy bear'.)
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