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“Thus, captive seized during these raids that were … deemed useless or profitable … were cruelly tortured before their mutilated bodies were dumped back on Europe’s- often with notes, mocking Christianity pinned to their corpses.“

“There was good reason for such terror whereas the Europeans transatlantic slave trade of Africans was fueled by cold business, the Muslim slave trade of Europeans was fueled by hate for infidels. This point comes out repeatedly in the sources.”

These Muslims subsisted entirely on rating and devastating the Mediterranean coast of Spain, France, and Italy, when they enslaved hundred hundreds of thousands of Christians. Indeed, from the very year, the nights received Malta in 1530 to just 1640, “it would not be stretching the truth to say they have put 1 million[Christians] in chains.“

“Unless the kings and Lords of Europe stop squabbling among each other & turn their attention toward the east, “this fire”, continued the master ‘will spread far and wide, and will devour other provinces in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ will be brought under the approach of all.’”

“Like sheep, streams of Christian captives, bound with chains and ropes were brought through Europe, and Asia, sold into slavery, and treated so shamefully that nothing more miserable can be said.“

“Constantinople, or
New Rome, was chosen for being the symbolic head of Christianity since the time of Islam’s prophet Muhammad (who promised any Muslim, who conquered a great rewards in the year and hereafter), and Rhodes for being the last Erin representative of the old Crusader spirit.“

“It was, therefore, only when Christians themselves, led by Christian‘s greatest leaders, the pope, and the king, betrayed the order… That the temple finally fell. Christians accomplished through touchy what Muslims could not through force.”

“Whereas individuals kings, Dukes, counts, and Noble’s could be cow and blackmailed into saving their lives, the military orders-which were not about individual individuals but collective- could not.”

“Those who knew by experienced the fraud of these men (Muslims) who change w/o ceasing… made nothing of their false words, thinking that the Saracens had no other intention than, under the veil of a simulated peace, to dispense the army of Christ as soon as the pilgrims had retired.“

“… There was another reason why the Crusaders had long lived with, and intimately knew, the enemy rejected this Muslim all of branch.”

“Although Muslims are expected to engage in Tschaar-one of Islam‘s five pillars is zakat (charity) -Sherri mandates that charity only be shown to fellow Muslims, never non-Muslims (unless by a way of controlling them to Islam).

“… Mohammad himself… regularly employed deceit, and generally permitted lying in three cases: in war (which app applies to the entire Crusade era), to one’s wife, and to reconcile two quarreling parties. He also permitted his followers to pretend to have apostatize from Islam, in order to win the confidence of, and get near enough to murder, the enemy.“

“If you are under non-Muslims authority, fearing for yourselves, behave loyalty to them with your tongue while harboring in an animosity for them… Allah has forbidden believers from being friendly or on intimate terms with the infidels rather than other believers- except when infidels are above them in authority. Should that be the case, let them act friendly towards them while preserving their religion.“

“Indeed, although forgotten today, both swords mentioned by Bernard our reference to Luke, 22:38 where Christ told his disciples that ‘two swords’ are ‘enough.’ For pre-modern theologian, this was Christ way of legitimizing two forms of warfare.- one with the spiritual sword against spiritual enemies, and one with the physical sword against physical enemies.“

“If it’s acceptable to fiend off Satan’s fire darts against the soul, why is it not acceptable to fight off the enemies of Christianity, who hated Christians, not just with fiery darts, but with swords, spears, and cruelty unbounded?”