[Mrs. Don-o]

People forget that it was the Muslims who aggressed against the Christian Middle East --- Christian Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt and the rest --- roaring through with fire and sword to crush the cradles of Christendom for Allah. The Crusades were a counter-conquest: inherently just as defensive as the WWII allies launching the 1944 invasion of Normandy.

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"People forget that it was the Muslims who aggressed against the Christian Middle East..."

They conquered Spain and Sicily, attacked Rome and took slaves throughout the Mediterranean. There are some who say the Dark Ages really began with Muslim pirates destroying trade in the Mediterranean.