Islamic wars of conquest against Christians had been going on for over 300 years when Pope Urban made his famous speech launching the first Crusade. The Crusades were defensive wars. Claims to the contrary are historical fantasy which are put forward as an excuse for Christian bashing.
This anti-history is so widely taught and accepted that the President of the United States referenced it in a speech, conflating Christians and Christianity with the barbarism of ISIS. This speech ignored the fact that ISIS is in fact carrying out an on-going genocide of Middle Eastern Christians.
Many Christians were offended by this speech, but most of them confined themselves to the obvious fact that the president was conflating things Christians supposedly did 1400 years ago with what is happening today. I didn’t hear them saying that his comments were based on bogus history.
Pope Urban II called for the first crusade in 1095. The video below gives a history of Pope Urban II.
I am aware that there are Islamic teachings which lead to a more peaceful application of that faith. I think that the interpretation referenced here is an accurate depiction of of the application of Islamic teachings of a thousand years ago. It also seems that it is still relevant to Islamic extremists today.
I want to emphasize that this video discusses events which happened almost over a thousand years ago. The reason I am posting it here is to correct the inaccurate history of the Crusades which is being used in the popular media to attack and degrade Christians and Christianity.
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