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Illegitimate Scholar🧭@ill_Scholar · Jan 2, 2025

I used to think the Crusades were Evil Bloodthirsty Christians killing for religion But learning beyond what I was…

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The author argues the Crusades were actually a reconquest of previously Christian lands taken during Islamic expansion, and should be contextualized within centuries of religious conflict rather than viewed as uniquely evil. They contend that academic discourse avoids this nuanced historical perspective due to current political sensitivities, and warn against selectively condemning only one's own culture's historical violence.

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    I used to think the Crusades were Evil Bloodthirsty Christians killing for religion But learning beyond what I was taught in school made me rethink this entirely Thread on why the Crusades were justified🧵

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    The most basic information changes the entire situation Before the Islamic Expansion starting in the 7th c. the Holy Land was full of Christians and other religions The Crusades were not a conquest but a RE-conquest

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    Expansion of Islam captured historically Christian, Zoroastrian, and polytheistic land If you Zoom on this map it shows years of battles How can the Crusades be uniquely evil when they attacked land that was Christian just a few hundred years prior?

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    This Map shows the Battles Islam fought over the Centuries to Expand into mostly Christian territory Compared to...

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    Battles Against Muslims during the Crusades The Crusades were much smaller in scale than Islamic Caliphate expansion

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    Bringing this up is unsavory in Academia today based on current politics, so the discussion does not happen where it should, and students are misinformed It's also true that far more violence against Pagans in Europe as Christianity spread through Europe

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    This is the historical reality of wars lasting over a millennia No one is "right" It is all perspective But when you concentrate on the "evils" of your own people and ignored those done by others, you can destroy your own culture

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