Cause And Effect Essay On The Crusades
Crusades were military units that began “in the late 11th century,” and was initiated “by Western Christians” to regain “the Holy Land” and stop the expanse of both Muslims and Islam. Of course, the warriors or the knights were guaranteed for a cancellation of their wrongdoings, which are accepted as sins in Christianity, and an immediate acceptance “to Heaven” as soon as they were killed in the military action. According to Douglas E. Streusand, Jihad means “holy war” as a usual usage of the word in the Islamic world. Today, this word’s meaning is fighting against non-Muslims for the most of Muslims. But, Jihad may have a meaning of acquiring maturity spiritually against devil, or a blast “against injustice” on earth. So, this blast against
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Of course, the crusades would be formed as military units with arms to destroy and kill people and ruin the livable places for their enemies. During the crusades, all those including mass killings and deportations happened. For example, Shmuel Shepkaru mentions that the European Jews “became the first casualties of the First Crusade” in 1096. The crusaders killed “thousands of Jews,” and Jews were forced to change their religion to make them Christian. Shmuel Shepkaru explains that “the massacres of the Ashkenazic Jews” were because of the greediness of illegal formations of people in the crusaders. Besides this greediness, hate also might be an answer to this massacre, which is hate against other religious faiths. This might show that there was not a concept of an understanding of the diversity in the crusaders, which is like being respectful to other religions. Today, Islamist terrorism seems they do not have an understanding of the diversity, which is being respectful to other religious faiths and avoiding killings, and moreover, they think that all members of other religious faiths must be dead to spread Islam and the idea of Jihad all over the world. Both ideas of crusading and Jihad look violent and unacceptable. These are bad seeds to plant in the world, and they then
Of course, the crusades would be formed as military units with arms to destroy and kill people and ruin the livable places for their enemies. During the crusades, all those including mass killings and deportations happened. For example, Shmuel Shepkaru mentions that the European Jews “became the first casualties of the First Crusade” in 1096. The crusaders killed “thousands of Jews,” and Jews were forced to change their religion to make them Christian. Shmuel Shepkaru explains that “the massacres of the Ashkenazic Jews” were because of the greediness of illegal formations of people in the crusaders. Besides this greediness, hate also might be an answer to this massacre, which is hate against other religious faiths. This might show that there was not a concept of an understanding of the diversity in the crusaders, which is like being respectful to other religions. Today, Islamist terrorism seems they do not have an understanding of the diversity, which is being respectful to other religious faiths and avoiding killings, and moreover, they think that all members of other religious faiths must be dead to spread Islam and the idea of Jihad all over the world. Both ideas of crusading and Jihad look violent and unacceptable. These are bad seeds to plant in the world, and they then