The Jihad That Led to the Crusades

This is very detailed look at the many Islamic attacks that led up to the first Crusade.  It is instructive because it gives a look at how Islam spreads.  The scope and pace of this Islamic expansion has never been duplicated by any other entity, until now.  We are now in the early stages of the latest, or third Islamic expansion only this time it is truly on a global scale. 

This jihad is taking several basic forms: outright violent attacks on Muslim and non-Muslim alike; stealth jihad consisting of demographic, political through the ballot box, propaganda via Islamic fronts such as CAIR and MAS, lawfare by suits brought to force accommodation of Sharia law, infiltration of our educational system by grants and endowments and economic elements through massive buying of Western property and industry. 

The stealth form of jihad is by far the more dangerous because it comes wrapped in the false belief that Islam is a religion of peace and is protected by the Wests insane desire for multiculturalism and political correctness.

FROM POLITICALISLAM.COM:

The Jihad That Led to the Crusades
by Bill Warner 9 Feb 2015

Obama’s remarks about the evil of the Crusades, needs to be factually examined in detail. Here is such a list:

0355 After removing a Roman temple from the site (possibly the Temple of Aphrodite built by Hadrian), Constantine I has the Church of the Holy Sepulcher constructed in Jerusalem. Built around the excavated hill of the Crucifixion, legend has it that Constantine’s mother Helena discovered the True Cross here.

0613 – Persians capture Damascus and Antioch.

0614 – Persians sack Jerusalem. damaging the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the process.

0633 – Muslims conquer Syria and Iraq.

0634 – 0644 – Umar (c. 0591 – 0644) reigns as the second caliph.

0635 – Muslims begin the conquest of Persia and Syria.

0635 – Arab Muslims capture the city of Damascus from the Byzantines.

August 20, 0636 – Battle of Yarmuk (also: Yarmuq, Hieromyax): Following the Muslim capture of Damascus and Edessa, Byzantine Emperor Heraclius organizes a large army which manages to take back control of those cities. However, Byzantine commander, Baänes is soundly defeated by Muslim forces under Khalid ibn Walid in a battle in the valley of the Yarmuk River outside Damascus. This leaves all of Syria open to Arab domination.

0637 – The Arabs occupy the Persian capital of Ctesiphon. By  0651, the entire Persian realm would come under the rule of Islam and continued its westward expansion.

0637 – Syria is conquered by Muslim forces.

0637 – Jerusalem falls to invading Muslim forces.

0638 – Caliph Umar I enters Jerusalem.

0639 – Muslims conquer Egypt and Persia.

0641 – Islam spreads into Egypt. The Catholic Archbishop invites Muslims to help free Egypt from Roman oppressors.

0641 – Under the leadership of Abd-al-Rahman, Muslims conquer southern areas of Azerbaijan, Daghestan, Georgia, and
Armenia.

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