Christianity ruins families.

[Al B. Sure!]

Any Christian in the Levant after who refused to pay the Jiziyah.

These were Christian lands, Albert. Muslims still persecute Christians there. It's never stopped.

The Crusaders weren't an offensive force, they were defensive. They fought to retake lands conquered by the Muslims.

How can one justify Jihad, and attack Crusaders for defending themselves and their fellow Christians?

1) Christians were slaughtered by Crusaders... Byzantium 1204?
2) Christian lands?! Who says? The Christians took it from the pagan Romans who took it from the Greeks who took it from the Persians who took it from the Babylonians who took it from the Israelites who took it from the Canaanites who took it from...
3) Defensive? Yes, because you travel hundreds of miles over seas in defensive wars.

[rah]

Do truly religious people, of any faith, frequent strip clubs, sex toy stores, and prostitutes?

That seems to be the standard for republican congressmen.
And note that I consider myself a republican.

[MrFun]

The Crusaders weren't an offensive force, they were defensive. They fought to retake lands conquered by the Muslims.

head hurts now

[Ben Kenobi]

I remember in the years following 9/11 there were Christians in America who advocated invading muslim countries and converting them to Christianity, nuking muslim countries, etc. I guess I should judge all Christians because of what a few extremists think.

Maybe we should have put a bomb in Meccah and killed the pilgrims there? 3000 would be about right.

Would you have dismissed it as 'corrupt' Christians?

I know Islam isn't the true religion because they are never held accountable for their deeds. Only Christians. A muslim could kill 3000 people and they would be hailed as a hero in Muslim countries, and people would find excuses.

It's right here in the thread.

[giblets]

The jizyah was just a tax. Christians are supposed to turn the other cheek, right?

[Al B. Sure!]

Jizyah compared to being killed outright as a Muslim in Christian lands would be? I'd gladly pay the tax!

What do you mean Yarmouk 629, Ben? What does that mean? Yarmouk had just been conquered by Heraclitus in his war with the Persians at that point in history.

And Jizyah compares how to the slaughter of the Cathars or the slaughter of Jerusalem? What did Saladin do when he reconquered the city?

[Al B. Sure!]

Jizyah:

From wiki:

From the point of view of the Muslim rulers, jizya was a material proof of the non-Muslims' acceptance of subjection to the state and its laws, "just as for the inhabitants it was a concrete continuation of the taxes paid to earlier regimes."[6] In return, non-Muslim citizens were permitted to practice their faith, to enjoy a measure of communal autonomy, to be entitled to Muslim state's protection from outside aggression, to be exempted from military service and the Zakat as obligatory upon Muslim citizens

And that sounds like a raw deal why exactly?

[Ben Kenobi]

1) Christians were slaughtered by Crusaders... Byzantium 1204?

Thanks to the Byzantine civil war going on at the time, the Byzantine emperor offered to pay for the crusaders passage, if they helped him take the throne. The Latins came to Byzantium, and then when the 'Emperor' could not pay them, sacked and looted the city.

Now, how does this address the 1st through 10th crusades, minus the 4th which was explicitly assembled for the purposes of retaking Christian lands.

2) Christian lands?! Who says? The Christians took it from the pagan Romans who took it from the Greeks who took it from the Persians who took it from the Babylonians who took it from the Israelites who took it from the Canaanites who took it from...

They are Christian lands still Albert. Muslims are not justified in retaining conquered territories. The Christians did not conquer them from the Pagan Romans, they were Romans. The Romans became Christian.

3) Defensive? Yes, because you travel hundreds of miles over seas in defensive wars.

The Lands were Christian Albert. Antioch. Jerusalem. Alexandria. Home of the Patriarchates, and centre of Christianity.

Christianity was born in Jerusalem, not in the West. They were conquered by Muslims and the crusades fought to retake Christian lands once more.

[giblets]

The Romans took the lands from someone else so it wasn't theirs either, following your logic of course.

[Ben Kenobi]

Maybe I should add some more for you, Albert .

Poitiers.
Rome
Byzantium
Nicaea
Iconium
Mazinkert
Attalea
Crete
Carthage
Saragossa
Vienna
Budapest

[Al B. Sure!]

They are Christian lands still Albert. Muslims are not justified in retaining conquered territories. The Christians did not conquer them from the Pagan Romans, they were Romans. The Romans became Christian.

Those lands are Israeli now (not to mention the lands of dozens of ethnic groups!). Crusade time?

[Ben Kenobi]

The Romans took the lands from someone else so it wasn't theirs either, following your logic of course

So you admit the lands are Christian? Thank you.

[Ben Kenobi]

Those lands are Israeli now (not to mention the lands of dozens of ethnic groups!). Crusade time?

No, it's Jihad time. Time to sweep the Jews into the sea again.

The crusades never ended, Albert. Why do you think that so many want to destroy Israel?

[Al B. Sure!]

Maybe I should add some more for you, Albert .

Poitiers.
Rome
Byzantium
Nicaea
Iconium
Mazinkert
Attalea
Crete
Carthage
Saragossa
Vienna
Budapest

Wow what the hell are you talking about? Every one of those cities has been conquered and reconquered by some group over the course of history.

Crete... were the Minoans Christian? Carthage... were the Phoenicians Christian? I can do this for every city you stated.

[giblets]

So you admit the lands are Christian? Thank you.

Huh? They belong to the original owners, many of whom were exterminated on the orders of your just, loving god.