I’m kind of tired of hearing this Crusades crap and islamaramadingdongphobia crap! It seems to me that the muslims were achieving a high level of torture, bloodshed, rape, torture and mayhem during the same period and were guilty of Christianaphobia but I don’t hear Lord Foul crying boo hoo about that, and all these muslim apologists and supporters completely ignore the fact that Christians have evolved while muslims continue to behave in the same barbaric manner as they did during the Crusades.
Let us not forget that jihad was (and is) not only Christianaphobia, but also Buddhistaphobia, Hinduphobia, Zoroasterophobia, and every other rligionaphobia.
What blows me away about the Crusade claim is that the Crusades were quite obviously a long-delayed (over 400 years), short-term (200 to 400 years, depending on how you figure it, vs. 1300 years and counting) and rather ineffective attempt to import the Muslim concept of jihad or holy war into Christianity.
To believe in Holy War a Christian is required to ignore foundational passages in his Scriptures. To NOT believe in Holy War a Muslim is required to ignore foundational passages in his Scriptures.