[mike182d]

In May of 2001, he became the first leader of the Catholic Church to set foot inside a mosque.

I have yet to hear the Muslims apologize for their insatiable desire for expansion by way of war that began with Abu Bakr's invasion of Syria, fueled by Muhammed's seige on Mecca.

When Christian lands are beseiged, and a Muslim orders the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and all Christian sites in Jerusalem (1009 A.D.), the world turns a blind eye.

When Christians fight to defend land taken from them and to protect such holy sites, its barbaric, uncalled for, intolerant, and a terrible evil.

Makes perfect sense to me...

[Antoninus]

When Christian lands are beseiged, and a Muslim orders the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and all Christian sites in Jerusalem (1009 A.D.), the world turns a blind eye. When Christians fight to defend land taken from them and to protect such holy sites, its barbaric, uncalled for, intolerant, and a terrible evil.

Welcome to the post-christian worldview.

I recommend:

Angels in Iron

[DOGEY]

When the Crusades are discussed, it is never mentioned that the Muslims had previously conquered north Africa, the Iberian peninsula attempted to enter France and controlled, for a time, Sicily.