Titled, "An Unapologetic Defense of the Crusades," the following review was written by Auguste Meyrat and published by The Federalist on June 2, 2023. Fewer moments in history are as misunderstood and revised as the Crusades. This series of violent clashes between Christian and Muslim cultures spanning three continents and nearly a millennium has been characterized as a … [Read more...]
Today in History: King Richard Rocks Saladin’s World
Following the decisive battle of Hattin in 1187, Sultan Saladin went on to conquer Jerusalem and most other Christian kingdoms, including coastal Acre. Elated by his success, he vowed not only to eliminate all Crusaders from the Holy Land, but to invade Europe and “pursue the Franks there, so as to free the earth of anyone who does not believe in Allah, or die in the … [Read more...]
Today in Reconquista History: Christian Spain Liberates Cordoba
Thanks to the efforts of Ferdinand III of Castile—aka Saint Ferdinand, or Fernando—today in history, Córdoba, which after the eighth century Muslim conquest of Spain had become one of the most important “abodes of Islam,” to quote a disgruntled Muslim chronicler, “passed into the hands of the accursed Christians—may Allah destroy them all!” Six months earlier, in December of … [Read more...]
Muslims Chide U.S. Over Past Slavery, Ignore Islam’s Past and Present Slavery
The Stream The Council on American-Islamic Relations—which goes by the cloying acronym, CAIR—is again exposing itself for what it is: an Islamist group dedicated to “sabotaging” and “destroying the Western civilization from within.” Following news that Fort Hood in Texas was changing its name to Fort Cavazos, CAIR exulted in a press release. Originally named after John Bell … [Read more...]
Today in History: ‘The Arabs, Persians, and Ferocious Turks Flee’ and ‘Show Their Backs to the Christians’ at Nicaea
PJ Media Today in history, June 19, 1097, witnessed the first major victory of the First Crusade at Nicaea. Context: In the years following the decisive Battle of Manzikert (1071), which saw the Seljuk Turks defeat the Eastern Roman Empire and conquer that ancient bastion of Christianity, Anatolia (modern day Turkey), mindboggling atrocities were committed. Whether an … [Read more...]