"The Crusades Controversy " Topic
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Tango01 | 19 May 2018 9:54 p.m. PST |
"This short book, written by medieval historian Thomas Madden, offers a fresh perspective on the Crusades. He refutes the commonly held beliefs that the Crusades are the reason for the current tensions between Islam and the West and that Catholics are to blame for starting them in the first place. Closing the gap between historical understanding and popular perception, Madden shows that it's not the Crusades that led to the conflict between the Muslim Middle East and the West, but the artificial memory passed down by Arab nationalists and Islamists. Today, when the Crusades are used as a justification for recent wars and acts of violence, The Crusades Controversy provides a sane understanding of how these holy wars fit within the context of history and the modern challenges our world faces today…." Main page link Amicalement Armand |
ancientsgamer | 20 May 2018 7:47 p.m. PST |
Colonialism is the real problem. This and post WWI partitions. The Turks leave and are replaced by France and England. The Crusades are used to kindle religious reasons for fanatics, etc. Sala Ad Din was Kurdish by the way. But obviously beloved by Arabs too. Since the Crusades failed, I fail to see why resentment over them would be relevant today. Besides, if anything the Jihad was carried to Europe first in Spain and then later with the Ottoman Empire. After much bloodshed, these eventually failed too. |
ochoin | 21 May 2018 6:07 a.m. PST |
Unscrupulous people will use anything as a justification. I' m afraid I can hardly think of a single war from Vietnam to Kadesh that didn't result from some outrageous attempts to warp the truth. |
Pan Marek | 21 May 2018 8:34 a.m. PST |
Truth is the first casualty of war. |
coopman | 21 May 2018 9:32 a.m. PST |
Back then the Pope wouldn't have come out and said, "Oops, maybe I mis-spoke slightly in my previous announcement when I said that God wills it". |
Tango01 | 21 May 2018 10:47 a.m. PST |
Agree with Pan Marek!. Amicalement Armand |
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