Pope Urban II and other preachers of the Crusades wanted to defend Christian society. In launching the First Crusade, Urban reportedly exhorted his listeners, "You must carry succor to your ...

Acclaimed war correspondent Rageh Omaar examines the effect the 900 year old Crusades have had on the world today. In the West, he argues, the Crusades are a chapter of Christian history that has ...

In addition, Western Christians feel deep guilt over the Crusades, even though, as Sanneh says, Arab historians give the Crusades (which they refer to as the wars with the Franks) little notice.

The Crusades began in 1095 with a call by Pope Urban II to liberate Jerusalem from the Muslim Turks, sparking two centuries of conflict between Christian armies from Europe and Muslims in the ...

During this week's National Prayer Breakfast, President Barack Obama warned Christians not to get on a "high horse" when it comes to religious extremism, saying, "remember that during the Crusades ...

Though early Christianity was pacifist and only reluctantly embraced warfare after the Roman Empire became Christian in the fourth century, by the time Urban II called the First Crusade in 1095 ...

Of course, a Christian crusade in response to jihad would be just fine with many Saudis and Gulf Arabs. They don’t care about the suffering of individual Muslims — only about Islam.

Anti-Christian Crusade By Raymond Ibrahim About Raymond Ibrahim November 30, 2007 5:00 PM ...