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[Heka]

Thought, and this applies to all Abrahamic traditions - all the holy books have bits that can be taken out to mean "we are a lovely religion and we love you" and bits that can be taken out to mean "smite him". I have not read any holy book in full (im young, give me time) but i figure there would be a balance, and people just like to pull out the bits relevant to them.

[B. de Corbin]

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Thanks! Excellent response.

I've known enough to know these guys are wrong, but I haven't known enough to have a good reply.

Know I do.

[Constantine]

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How do Muslim's generally view the era of the Crusades? Is it still held as a point of contention in some circles? Is it viewed as being Christendom's fault? Just curious.

[Dumuzi]

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How do Muslim's generally view the era of the Crusades? Is it still held as a point of contention in some circles? Is it viewed as being Christendom's fault? Just curious.

This is more of historical question than it is religious. The way a Muslim would study these events really depends on where they went to school. So a Canadian Muslim might have a different view than a Brazilian, Australian or Chinese Muslim, know what I mean?

So the following answer is just my own experience which does NOT represent the views of all Muslims, it's just a personal answer from me, that has nothing to do with Islam as a religion and more to do with my own, lots of times flawed, understanding of certain historic events.

The Crusades are viewed as the European rulers' attempt to invade and exploit the rich lands of the Arabs, misusing and misrepresenting Christianity to gain support from their people against the 'Infidel' Arabs. It's similar to what would later happen to South and Central America by the invading Europeans.

Mostly, it's used as criticism of Europe at the time, politically speaking, and has less to do with Christianity as a religion. It is also worth mentioning that Salahudeen (Saladin) is held in very high regard among Muslim as a historical figure.

On a lighter note...

An old Egyptian movie about him can give you an idea on how we view these events, if you have 2 hours to kill But it has less to do with history and more to do with how the audience feels and thinks about the issues brought up when talking about the Crusades.

It has English subtitles.

[anunitu]

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i find this compelling and wish D was here to speak on it

i think D would have understood my interest.

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i find this compelling and wish D was here to speak on it

i think D would have understood my interest.

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not sure how i got two youtube links in here

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mask could you fix it?

[Tawny]

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