Jihad
vs Crusades
Whenever you’re dealing
with an apologist for Islam, or even a Muslim, and you bring up jihad, almost
immediately, they kickback to you: “But what about those terrible crusades?
Why they’re the moral justification for jihad and we’re just as bad as they
are. So let's not talk about jihad, okay? Let’s talk about the
Crusades.”
Well, what I would like
to talk about here, are facts. I created a database of 548 battles that Islam
fought: jihad battles against classical civilization. This isn’t even all the
battles. It doesn't include battles Africa, India, Afghanistan and other
locations. It’s primarily at data base of the battles against the classical
civilization of Rome and Greece.
548 battles are a lot;
too many to comprehend. So I created a dynamic battle map with displays of the
Mediterranean in 20 year increments. On the display, a white dot designates a
battle during the twenty-year period, a new battle. Every time the screen
changes to the next 20 year period, the previous white dots turn red and a new
set of current battles are shown with white dots so you can see the
unfolding history. This may seem a little confusing, but when you see it
you'll know exactly what I mean.
As the dynamic display
starts, Islam bursts out of the Arabian Peninsula and immediately starts
attacking the Middle East. Notice that it is not long before there are battles
across the Mediterranean and attacks in southern France, and
Spain.
Notice something else:
when most people think of Islam, they think of Arabs; and of desert. Yet here
we see that Islam is projecting power throughout the Mediterranean. Notice how
the little islands of the Mediterranean are getting hammered. The navy of
Islam would attack coastal towns, kill, rob, rape, and then take slaves. As
this entire battle map unfolds, slaves are taken. Over a million slaves were
taken from of Europe into the Islamic world. It’s something you don't think
about, but it's absolutely true.
There were over 200
battles fought in Spain alone. We also see, however, on the east coast, in
Turkey, that Islamic forces attempt to break into Europe. What happens in
Spain during this ongoing fight that lasted for 400 years is that the
Christians push back the Moslems. But what happens in the East is that
Constantinople falls and now then eastern Europe gets hammered. The jihad
comes to Eastern Europe. It’s pushed out of Spain, but northern Africa becomes
completely Islamic, and the Middle East is completely
Islamic.
This is all jihad,
relentless jihad. And why is it so relentless?
Well, Mohammed was
relentless in his jihad, and these people are good students of Islam. And so
it's jihad against the Kafir, endlessly.
It was traditional that
when a new Sultan came to power, he would immediately attempt to launch new
wars because he would be noted in Islamic history as to how well he fought
against the Kafir.
So that's what the jihad
looked like over that time period: 548 battles. But remember, when you bring
up jihad, people want to bring up the Crusades. So I also prepared a dynamic
battle map of all the offensive raids of the crusaders. Let’s watch it and
make a comparison.
As it begins, the
Crusades enter Turkey and the Middle East; battles ensue. But there are far
fewer than you might think. And in short order, the map concludes. The last
battles are fought and the Crusades are over.
Now we can talk about
some facts! Yes, there were Crusades. But notice that they ended centuries
ago, and jihad is still being practiced today. Jihad has been with us for 1400
years. There is no comparison between jihad and the Crusades; certainly not a
moral comparison. And when you’re looking at the Crusades, remember, in one
sense the Crusades were defensive wars. Why? As we saw in the first jihad map,
it was Islam that came out of Arabia and conquered the Middle East, a
Christian Middle East. The crusaders were trying to free their Christian
brothers and sisters from jihad. So there's no moral comparison all. The
motivation of the crusaders was to free Christians; the purpose of jihad was,
and still is, to enslave the Kafir.
So, the next time you
hear somebody talk about “those dreadful Crusades”, respond to the facts of
the matter. Speak up and tell that person, “You don't really know the
facts!”
Watch the Video
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