 The center of the Muslim religion is Mecca. Mecca is also known as Makkah al-Mukarramah ... as well as Macoraba ... and even Bakkah. Mecca was said to have been a major trading center during the 6th and 7th Centuries. This "Mecca trading center" narrative is a pivotal assertion for the Muslim religion. This is because the Muslim religion professes that its founder predominately lived in Mecca, from 570 to 622 C.E. The Muslim religion furthermore professes that this man was a very rich merchant in a very rich Mecca and who married a very wealthy widow in 595 C.E., when he was only 25 or 26 years old. Now, as far as goes MAJOR trading hubs in the history of the Eastern Hemisphere, the Operative Phrase is =====> THE SILK ROUTE ... The Silk Road ... and more specifically, the Maritime Silk Road. In as much, whatever be the 6th Century city in Eurasia & eastern Asia ... if it were not located along the Maritime Silk Road, it was NOT a major trading hub. It turns out that the Story of Mecca was just a story Mecca was nowhere near the Silk Route which began in Xi'an China and which ended in Antakya, TΓΌrkiye. In fact, Antakya is approximately 1,000 miles north of Mecca. Moreover, Alexandria Egypt was also a major trading hub along the Maritime Silk Road, and it's located 911 miles northwest of Mecca.       JEDDAH For those unaware, 41 to 45 miles west of Mecca is a port town which bears the name "Grandmother" or "Ancestress," in Arabic. This is because an Islamic writer of the early 10th Century claimed that Eve was buried there, in a tomb. His name is/was AbΕ« Muhammad al-Hasan al-HamdΔnΔ«, and there was some kind of a tomb there which was destroyed by the Saudi government, in 1928, under the claim that it incited idolatry. None the less, after a wave of Muslim conquests ... in 647 C.E. ... Jeddah's name became "the City of Consulates," as in Balad al-Qanasil. So, it was the city with two interchangeable names. As far as goes Jeddah, in the 6th Century and until 647 C.E., it was only a FISHING PORT which provided no accommodations for merchant caravans. This reinforces the findings that Mecca was not a major trading center in the 6th and 7th Centuries. Until 647 C.E., the Port of Jeddah was Persona Non Grata. It then became designated to be the port for those making pilgrimages to the Great Mosque of Mecca. The Great Mosque of Mecca was known as Masjid al-Haram. The person designating Jeddah as the pilgrim's port was Caliph Uthman ibn Affan. In as much, the Arabian word, Masjid, means place to prostrate oneself, as in prostrating oneself before God's presence. Something similar to that. The bottom line here is that neither Mecca nor Jeddah were major merchant centers in the 6th & 7th Centuries. Being that neither Mecca nor Jeddah were major trading centers at the time, the story of the rich 7th Century Mecca merchant suddenly receiving visions & revelations from the same one archangel completely falls apart.  There was also historic Baghdad. One of its suburbs 21 miles away was the major 7th Century trading hub located along the Maritime Silk Road. It's located 850 to 900 miles north of Mecca. None the less, during the 8th Century, Baghdad was the major trading center of the region. Baghdad is 869 miles away from Mecca. In addition, Hormuz Island and the city of Hormuz itself is situated 1,200 miles northeast of Mecca. Hormuz, too, was one of the major trading hubs of the Maritime Silk Road. Meanwhile, Mecca was not.   In addition, Mecca is about 45 miles east of the Red Sea. HOWEVER, the main 7th Century Red Sea port was Berenice Troglodytica. It was a Greco-Roman port on the Egyptian side of the Red Sea ... and NOT on the Arabian side. And, as the name suggests, Troglodytica means "cave dwellers," as opposed to desert nomads.  Below: As far as goes the history of Alexandria Egypt, it was the major Middle Eastern & Mediterranean trading hub of the 6th Century. Well, Muslim tradition states that a man named Mohammad started his rise to wealth at the end of the 6th Century, due to Mecca Commerce. He would then become fully wealthy at the start of the 7th Century ... due to Mecca commerce when the reality is that Alexandria was the place to get rich. Alexandria remained a major trading hub into the first four decades of the 7th Century. Then, in 641 C.E., nineteen years after the man named Muhammad was said to have died, Alexandria was conquered by Arabian forces. It's economic dominance in the region was no more. However, throughout the alleged lifetime of the man named Muhammad, Alexandria was a major trading hub. This meant that Mecca was not.  In review: A caravan of camels could NOT survive the journey to the real trading hub, Alexandria. Plus, they could not swim across the Red Sea, to the port town of Berenice Troglodytica. The disaster of having a herd of pack animals travel long distances was already illustrated in the person of Hannibal and his Column of 37 War Elephants, in 218 BCE. A grand total of one elephant made it through the Pyrenees and the Alps, into Capua. Capua is a suburb of Caserta which is a suburb of Naples. Concerning the claim that Mecca was the ultimate trading hub of the 6th and/or 7th Century, the logistics do NOT work, and the evidence is just NOT there ... or anywhere else. Even Baghdad, the major Silk Route hub nearest to Mecca, is 869 miles north north north of Mecca. And of course, Baghdad is a legend of a city. Let's get this well understood and review it Now, in the list of Maritime Silk Road trading centers, one city is always missing from the list, concerning historical accounts, merchant records, and archeological evidence. In as much, in records and chronicles of the 6th and 7th Century, neither Mecca nor Makkah al-Mukarramah nor Macoraba nor Bekkah are ever mentioned as major centers of the Maritime Silk Road. The Muslim tradition of claiming that a Mohammad made a fortune in Mecca from the very late 500s into the early 600s has zero credibility to it. Let's review this one more time, due to the brain-washing that occurred by certain media entities, educational entities, and nations where the freedom of one's choice of religion is forbidden: 1] Wealthy Eastern Hemispheric merchants of the era operated in either Hormuz or Alexandria or Baghdad or Antakya or Calicut India or a few other places, all of which were either on the Maritime Silk Road or were port towns. 2] The wealthy merchants did NOT operate in Mecca, be it under the name of Mecca or under the name of Bekkah ... or under the name of Makkah al-Kamarramah ... or under the name Macoraba. Plus, Jeddah was not a major trading port, either. It was a modest fisherman's port. 3] Therefore, all four names for Mecca were absent from the records and from chronicle accounts, as well as archeological inscriptions of any kind, for centuries. Meanwhile, in the years before the Muslim conquest of the Arabian regions, Jeddah was part of the Kingdom of Hejaz, ruled by Hashemite Dynasty. 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Tuesday
Part 1: Archeology says Mecca was no major mercantile center in 7th Century
Monday
Part 2: Archeology says Mecca was no major mercantile center of 7th Century
 The Year 536 C.E. changed Planet Earth & humanity. It would not be business as usual, for the next 124 years. It became easy to infringe upon existing empires and start new ones. The first impediment to the credibility of the "major trading hub" narration about 6th Century Mecca ... or even 7th Century Mecca ... is that a major environmental disaster occurred on a Global Scale, in the 6th Century. The year was 536 C.E. It resulted in the Late Antique Little Ice Age which lasted until 660 C.E. It involved three major volcanic outbursts which provided a massive amount of atmospheric Sulfur Dioxide. Sulfur Dioxide molecules, per se, serve the function of many mirrors reflecting sunlight back into outer space, not enabling enough sunlight to reach the surface of the Earth. The environmental disaster of the 6th Century also included the Justinian Plague which started in 541 C.E. It then recurred throughout a 225 year time span. In fact, exactly one hundred years later, Alexandria Egypt would fall at the hands of Arabian swordsmen imposing a new religion with their swords. In addition, it was exactly one year after the Late Antique Little Ice Age ended, when the first Muslim empire began. It was called the Amayyad Caliphate. It lasted until 750 C.E., and it ended up being the fifth largest empire in human history, in having covered 4.29 million square miles of land. In the Sixth and Seventh Centuries, humanity weakened. Civilization was wanting, and thusly, civilization was wanning. The time was ripe for nomads to literally come out of the desert and start thrashing at existing empires. As a result, the Sasanian Empire of Persia was toppled in the 630s. In fact, the Byzantine Empire lost Syria also ... to a desert horde which originally called its members "believers." By the Year 641 C.E., Alexandria was no longer a Christian city. Yet, a significant remnant of the Byzantine Empire would remain until 1453 C.E.       All in all, the establishment of any new religion during this era would have been the result of Environmental & Economic Opportunism more than the providence of an Eternal God. Mankind was hurting. Civilization was wanning. Conquest during this time span was basically "easy pickings." The 6th and 7th Centuries was a time span when the literal survival of humanity was in jeopardy. The archeologically proven or disproven existence of Mecca as a major trading hub is the Tale of the Tape If there had been no major trading center in Mecca during the 6th and 7th Centuries ... and if there are no archeological signs of any civilization ... then mass geographic regions of humanity were told one big lie, for 1,400 years. Such a thing is not fair to those people, be they in Indonesia or Afghanistan or Persia or Iraq or Pakistan or Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan or Azerbaijan or TΓΌrkiye or Syria or Egypt or Jordan or Arabia or Yemen or even the city of Minneapolis Minnesota, otherwise known as New Somalia. Furthermore, such a thing is certainly not fair to the Jews who have had a target painted on them, by the Mullahs and other religious fanatics who have proven themselves to have no conscience or compassion. Mass populations of mankind deserve better than the tyranny of the mullahs.  |
| Directly above: United States' NASA satellite technology showing Mecca as a dry, parched, desert land not capable of hosting a large society or a major trading center during an era of 1] primitive technology, 2] an era of a mini ice age, and 3] an era of a massive plague. |
Concerning the Hatred of the Jews, this Arabian man who was alleged to have existed in the 7th Century was alleged to have had a JEWISH WIFE, named Safiyya bint Huyayy. She was said to have been his tenth wife, and thusly, a "Mother of Believers." Yet, the mullahs claim that you have to kill all Jews in the name of the man who had a Jewish wife.
Mohammad was said to have had 11 wives, in all. One was said to have been nine years old, upon marriage. And yes, this is one of the reasons why Americans use the phrase, "You've got to be kidding," as well as the phrase, "Okay. Joke's over."
Quick Mecca Geography Note
Now, there is a cemetery near the famous Muslim mosque of Mecca. It's called, the Jannat al-Mu'alla Cemetery. In fact, it's alleged inhabitants include Kadijah bint Khuwaylid, a woman said to have been the first wife of Mohammad. In fact, she is regarded as the first convert to Islam and a "Mother of Believers."
A grandfather and an uncle of Mohammad are said to be there also, assuming that Mohammad actually did exist, at least as a warlord whose story was later embellished for political influence and cultural gain. In fact, Mohammad's first son and a companion of Mohammad are both alleged to be there.
The huge problem with these claims is that there are no artifacts or any other kind of archeological evidence to prove who is and who is not there. Any remaining pieces of evidence were removed from the Jannat cemetery in 1925. From that point onward, humanity was unable to prove or disprove the hearsay assertions of that cemetery.
No Major 6th or 7th Century Trading Center in Mecca
The much larger problem is that of proving Mecca to have been a massively frequented & influential trading center of the 6th & 7th Centuries. The physical evidence for this assertion does NOT exist.
Medina is also a part of the Muslim narrative, concerning the claim that a man born and raised in Mecca was given numerous revelations from the Archangel Gabriel, starting at the age of 40 and ending in the year of his alleged death, at the age of 62.
This same man was said to have eventually moved to Medina, where he eventually made a move on Medina, itself. It was said to have resulted in the Medina Constitution of 622 or 624 C.E.
That constitution allowed Jews to live alongside Muslims, and to even have a defense pact with the Medina Muslims, in the event of a foreign invasion.
Then came 628 C.E., when it was alleged that a Battle in Kaybar ..., located 109 north of Medina ... occurred. This was a political and religious shape shifter, in that the enemies of the man named Mohammad, in this alleged battle, were Jews. The Year 628 C.E. was the year of the start of severe Muslim hatred of the Jews, allegedly.
HOWEVER, Moorish Muslims mostly tolerated Jews and Christians in Spain for centuries, during the centuries when Spain was called Al-Andalusa ... or Andalusia. Seething anti-Jewish hatred was NOT there.
Of course, Jews and Christians were classified as dhimmis, aka second class citizens. There were pockets of time when degrees of prejudice and even persecution transpired against the very human dhimmis, by the Moors. But, the entire annihilation of the Jews was not sought by the Moorish Muslims.
Kaybar
Concerning the claim of there having been a battle in Kaybar Arabia in 628 C.E., there is no physical, archeological, and/or artifact-related evidence for any such battle ... and there is no archeological evidence that Jews settled there.
Now, the place was an oasis and there were fortlike structures near and around the area. Thus, one such structure is referred to as the "abandoned" Jewish Fortress of QAMOS, allegedly manned by the Banu Nadir Jews. But, no Jewish artifacts from the area are known to be in any museum or university warehouse.
And remember, concerning any written account about any subject, such a thing can possibly be a script of lies ... hoaxes ... falsehoods ... misinterpretations, propaganda, honest mistakes, and even dishonest writings motivated by Conflict of Interest.
The prejudicial factor to this Kaybar story is that it was alleged that Mohammad ... the military leader who attacked the Jews ... was claimed to have been poisoned shortly after the battle, by a Jewish lady, via dinner. Such a story is a great way to create hatred toward the Jews.
HOWEVER, it was alleged throughout 1,400 years that this Mohammad didn't die until three and a half years after having eaten one and only one poisoned dinner, prepared by a Jewish woman.
Now, who would be foolish enough to eat anything provided by a subdued enemy member, shortly after any victorious battle over that enemy? Hello?
The Iranian Mullahs are the Adolph Hitlers of Today
None the less, those particular Muslim sects which claim that you have to kill all the Jews for Allah are nothing more than a bunch of Adolph Hitlers walking around in bishts and tunics. And you know how Adolph's story ended.
The Attila Similarity
In fact, in 453 C.E., it was suspected that the brutal Attila the Hun was poisoned to death by his fifth wife, Ildico. This is because he died a graphic death on his & his fifth wife's wedding night.
Well, Attila the Hun's newest wife happened to have been a member of a conquered community. Thus, Attila should have expected the existence of something known as hostility, along with resentment, as well as vengeance.
Attila was a fool for taking that woman as his wife. On his wedding night, Attila underwent hemorrhaging. He literally had a non-stoppable nose bleed. He died that night. Thus, it was a super suspicious death.
If a Mohammad really did exist ... or if there existed at least a common warlord whose life was later embellished ... and if there were a Battle of Kaybar in 628 ... then it was beyond idiotic for this Mohammad to have eaten anything prepared by a recently conquered enemy, whether she were Jewish or not.
Not knowing that he would be poisoned by such a person would show that this military leader of 628 C.E. was no prophet. If he were a prophet, he would have known that a Jewish lady was putting poison into his food.
In comparison, there was St. Benedict of Nursia
In contrast, Roman Catholic monk & validly ordained priest, Saint Benedict, was handed a chalice filled with a poisoned drink. This occurred in the presence of a number of fellow monks who became instant witnesses to what would instantly follow. St. Benedict allegedly made the sign of the Cross in front of the chalice, and the chalice allegedly shattered, saving Benedict from being poisoned to death.
Oh, Saint Benedict did have nay-saying enemies, not alike the Donald Trump who was physically grazed by an attempted assassin's bullet.
Medina in the 7th Century
Now, Medina certainly did exist. HOWEVER, Medina is actually 211 straight-line miles from Mecca, and it takes 273 road miles to go from Mecca to Medina. Therefore, simply because Medina existed in the 7th Century, it doesn't guarantee that Mecca existed as a major trading hub.
For comparison purposes, the distance between Mecca and Medina is similar to the distance between Pittsburgh and Detroit, as well as Pittsburgh and Baltimore. In fact, 211 miles is close to the distance between Newark, New Jersey and Washington D.C. In the days without motor cars and airplanes, 211 miles was a significant distance, consuming 5 to 10 days of travel time.
Now, the year when the Muslim religion really took flight was in 633 C.E., beginning with Persian, as well as Iraq's Kufa, and the other Middle Eastern strongholds of the Byzantine Empire. This included the Damascus Syria which was going to become the first Muslim empire capital in world history, come 661 C.E.
Numerous MUSLIM invasions of numerous non-muslim lands ensued throughout the centuries, in the name of Allah, where the conquered People were to submit or to die. Sometimes the attacked people fought back and won.
In as much, below is a sample of battles won by Catholic forces over Muslims forces ... after the Muslims attacked first. None of the battles posted below were "Crusade Battles."
Even at that, the Crusades did NOT consist in the Christians forces going to the Middle East, to shove Christianity down Muslim throats. It consisted in Christian forces going to what they believed was the Holy Land, to liberate Christians from the oppression that the Muslims were causing them.
The crusades were also meant to save Constantinople from being captured by Muslim forces, being that Constantinople was the capital of a Christian Empire which existed long before the start of the Muslim religion.
The battles where Christians successfully defended themselves from marauding Muslims included the 732 Battle of Tours, the 801 Siege of Barcelona Spain, the 1063 Battle of Graus Spain, the 1085 Siege of Toledo Spain, the 1094 Capture of Valencia Spain, ...
... as well as the 1456 Siege of Belgrade, the 1529 First Siege of Vienna, the 1565 Great Siege of Malta, the 1571 Battle of Lepanto, the 1572 Battle of Molodi, the 1593 Battle of Sisak, the 1673 Battle of Khotyn, the 1683 Second Siege of Vienna, as well as the 1686 Siege of Buda. This subject matter is posted elsewhere on the Blue Marble Album.
Now, when it comes to detailing 1,400 years of Muslim History, there is a lot of writing and illustrating to be done. But, you at least have a starting gate text here and an introductory text there, along with some politely-done YouTube videos, etc, etc, etc.
Such videos and texts are not meant to mock or condemn. They are meant to guide ... to enlighten ... to warn ... and to inform those who have been deprived of needed news and needed history books throughout their oppressed lives.
Your Ultimate Reality Check, America.
Concerning the up-to-date findings on the subject-at-hand, be polite. Don't be obnoxious about it, and don't go burning a Quran. You need a Quran for evidence purposes and for mature debate. Instead of being feisty, enjoy feeling liberated at learning the actual truth on the matter at hand, and then share that sense of liberation, along with the information that made you experience a sense of freedom.
Simply do NOT be anyone's fool, and don't let political operatives bully you or anyone else into submission, on any subject, including religion.
You need to first be allowed to make an assessment of a religion, of a political party, of a philosophy, of a job, of a movie script, of a way of life, of a motor vehicle to be purchased, etc, etc, etc. You need to be allowed to shop-around, to browse, to evaluate.
You need to be first allowed to think things out ... to be given time to read on the matter ... to look at photos ... to hear of the accounts of the forerunners of a religion or a political party or a form of art or form of thought involved. You need to read proverbial "customer reviews."
You also need to understand the purpose of this religion here and that religion there ... this philosophy here and that philosophy there ... etc, etc, etc. This is the opposite of having a religion shoved down your throat at the barrel of a rifle, in the name of Allah.
Even your preference of music is your choice alone, no matter what the so-called-cool-guys tell you is the music you must purchase. Those guys have to prove themselves to you. You do not have to prove yourself to them. After all, they are basically power-hungry narcissists.
Consider yourself in the Narcissist-free zone. So, look, comprehend, and perceive ... and be excellent to others. Always be excellent to others:
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Note for the text below: Dhows were sail boats with triangular sails.
The link to Part 1 can be found through the link below
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Sunday
Part 1: Muslim Aggression toward Catholics, since the 7th Century.
This is Part 1 of a five part series: Part 2 is found, by clicking on the link below:
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| It's 1683 and it's exactly one-thousand, forty-nine years after the Muslim Religion first sent troops to attack and decimate all that is Christian and all who refused to pay the extortion tax called the Jizya. In fact, 131 years prior, 2,000 Hungarian Catholics had to defend themselves against a Muslim invasion force of 35,000 to 40,000 armed men, ever so ready to take female slaves after the killing of ample Catholic males. Yet, the Hungarians defeated the Ottoman Turks, at a price of 400 to 600 Hungarians making the ultimate sacrifice in the victory. |
Perhaps you remember. Barack Obama made it sound as if the Muslims were in Jerusalem, polishing their holy holy halos, when all of a sudden, these evil evil white guys in armor came riding into town ... as if no Christian had ever been in Jerusalem before.
Uhmmmm, Christianity, as was lead by Saints Peter, Andrew, John, and James, along with the rest of the dedicated witnesses of Jesus the Nazarene, began in Jerusalem on Pentecost Sunday.
Many who were there, at the Jerusalem Pentecost, ended up dying for their faith unarmed ... ~while NOT performing a suicide bombing on a Tel Aviv bus, ... ~and while NOT flying a hijacked jetliner into a New York City skyscraper filled with unarmed office workers.
Only AFTER 461 years of relentless & obsessive Muslim Military Aggression upon Christian lands did the first Crusade even begin
Qualifying statement: Yes, there was a Muslim attack upon Christian Byzantium in 629, at Syria, in the Battle of Mu'tah. But, the Islamic invaders were so outnumbered that even the three Muslim field marshals were killed in the Battle. Then came the invasion of 633, resulting in the start of the Rashidun Caliphate.
None the less, those four and a half centuries of Muslim Aggression were the one continuous reason for finally embarking on the Crusades, in the first place. And of course, Barack Obama did NOT tell you this.
Note: The list above left out the Invasion of Gaul, in 719.
The list below does not. By the way, Gaul is present-day France.
The Year 2025 minus the Year 634 = 1,391 years of Muslim Aggression, committed by those sometimes named, the Ishmaelites, "the Believers," "the Saracens," "the Fatimids," and/or the "Mohammedans."
Then there was the matter of Muslims invading Zoroastrian lands with full military attacks. That began in 633 AD. By 651, the Muslims had destroyed the Sasanian Empire of the ancient Iranians.
In 638, Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab decreed that Christians would be given protection from violence when in Jerusalem. Such a thing is allowed IF the non-Muslims pay the Jizya. Such a thing is a steady income. Jews were allowed to return there, too. These civil rights were signed in the "Assurance of Umar."
As time proceeded, the Jews ended up having amicable relations with the Muslim Moors, in Granada Spain. Again, Muslims were making money off of non-Muslims. This relationship caused the Spanish Crown to conclude that the Jews were accomplices in the Muslims' control of Spain for 700+ years. This is why Isabella ordered all non-convert Jews to leave Spain, as soon as Spain finally became liberated in full.
Isabella was afraid that Jews would conspire with the Moors and retake Spain. And of course, Spain was liberated in 1492. This is why Columbus embarked on his expedition on the Atlantic Ocean in that same year.
At the time, everyone acknowledged that Planet Earth was as round as is the Sun and the full moon. It's just that Columbus thought that Planet Earth was a lot smaller than it was and that India was closer to Spain than it actually was. Spain was having race for India, against Portugal. In 1498, Vasco da Gama & Portugal won the race.
The Year 1085
Now, in 1085, Catholic forces under Alfonso VI, recaptured Toledo, being that Toledo was part of a small Muslim kingdom within the larger Moorish kingdom. Such a mini-kingdom is a "Taifa." Thus, 1085 can be regarded as the prelude to the Crusades which officially started in 1095.
The first crusade was a success for the Catholics who needed to stop the westward march of Muslim Aggression which was headed toward toward Greece yet again. The first Crusade achieved the goal of enabling Christians the ability to travel-to their prime place of pilgrimage, without being harassed and even abducted.
Of course, their prime place of pilgrimage was the land where Jesus the Nazarene performed his miracles, and where Elijah and Elias performed their miracles.
Then came the events of the Year 1095
In mathematical review, the Middle Eastern Crusades began in 1095 (CE). Muslim aggression upon Christian lands began in 634 (CE). In as much ... 1095 minus 634 = 461.
All in all, 461 years of Muslim Military Aggression occurred before the first Crusade even began. Below is a list of 11th Century Muslim attacks upon Christian lands which gave reason for the specific Crusade which began at the end of the 11th Century.
Connect the Dots ... Geographic regions attacked by the Muslims BEFORE ANY POPE EVEN ADVERTISED FOR A CRUSADE.
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| Above: 'tis posted pursuant to 17 USC 107. The red dots are places where the Muslims invaded and then engaged in warfare ... from 633 to the Year 1080. Take note that the European Crusades did not begin until the Year 1095. |
Now, if you capture a staging area, you prevent a major invasion. So, the ultimate motive for the Crusades was to safeguard Greece. Thus, territories in the Middle East needed to be taken away from the Muslims. This included Jerusalem, a place which also had sentimental value for any Christian. After all, at one time, in centuries prior, Jerusalem was a part of the Catholic Byzantine Empire.
Concurrence
Below is the video of Iranian-born Goldie Ghamari. She was a member of the Ontario Canada provincial parliament until January 2025. Her video explains the Crusades in general ... in brevity.
She is the one who said that the Crusades were a response to the Islamic Jihad. She also said that, if it were not for the Crusades, every person of European ancestry would be speaking Arabic, and every European woman would be wearing a burka as a requirement.
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And yes, approximately 50,000 of the 75,000 Iranian mosques have been closed, due to lack of interest amongst the Iranians. Thus, the Liberation of Persia/Iran isn't an impossibility.
Once again, the link to Part 2 of this five part series is directly below:
Saturday
Part 2: Muslim Aggression toward Catholic & Others, since the 7th Century
This is actually Part 2 of a five part series. Part 1 is found through the link below:
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| Now, you know whom & what the Muslims have targeted for destruction, ever since the 600s CE. Well, we're tired of it, squared & cubed. |
In this series, Ishmaelites, Saracens, Fatimids, Muhammadans, and Muslims are defined as one in the same, in terms of religious beliefs & practice.
The major difference in the Islamic world is the Shiite Muslim vs the Sunna Muslim. Now, both sects believe that a man named Mohammad existed and was chosen by God to be the last and decisive prophet.
In as much, the Shiites believe that only descendants of the first Muslim can be the leaders of the Muslim Religion. The Sunnis believe that Muslims are to vote for their leader. And of course, their religion is Islam, and it means "Submission."
In fact, the word, Muslim, means, "one who submits." Thus, a Muslim is one who seeks to get everyone to submit to his doctrine and beliefs, in the name of his definition of the Supreme Being whom the Muslim calls, Allah. More specifically, Allah is Al-ilΔh. The "ilΔh" part of Al-ilΔh means, "the Deity."
The War Within the Muslim Religion ... going back to the start
The conclusion is that, even within the Muslim religion there was no unity, due to the decisive debate between the Shiites and the Sunnis. In fact, the Sunni Ottomans of TΓΌrkiye and the Shiites of Persia fought 11 wars between each other, from 1505 to 1823. Both sides won 5 wars, lost 5 wars, and tied the same one war.
Then comes the Sufi Muslims who are said to be the sect magnetized toward peacefulness. There is also the Ibadi Muslim sect which believes that any man who achieves holiness can be made a ruling caliph, despite his ancestry and despite the votes of the people. Even though Ibadi Muslims are seen as extremists, they also have a degree or two of democratic tendencies.
The Sunnis are the vast majority of Muslims, at approximately 85%. The Shiites are second in population. The Sufis & Ibadis are extreme minorities.
All in all, the Muslim religion has a track record of invasion, violence, looting, and enslaving others. Violence & Slavery is the Muslim Religion in practice. This includes something known as "honor killings."
The irony is that one of the Five Pillars of Islam is charity to those in need. However, as soon as the politically reformed Muammar Gaddafi was tortured to death in 2011 ... with President Obama, VP Biden, and Sec of State Hillary looking the other way ... the slave trade had a resurgence in Muslim Libya. Such a thing is the opposite of charity to those in need.
Nuch alowed in the Muslim religion is the opposite of charity to the needy/ This includes "killing the infidel who refuses to pay the Jizya which is equivalent to paying Mafia henchmen a "protection fee." Even in 2025, Christians were heavily persecuted by Muslims. This persecution is not a matter of dusty history books. It's a matter of Current Events.
Barack Obama called 2011 "the Arab Spring." No. It was a continuation of the 1,400 year old Muslim trend which began as follows and which also included centuries of slave-trading & slave-holding:
Firstly, there was the invasion of Persia, in 633. Then:
In addition, it was in 846 AD (or CE) when Muslims attacked the outskirts of ROME. Then, in 902 CE, the Muslims successfully captured parts of Southern Italy and Sicily.
In summary, the events of the 7th to 11th Century, alone, show that the Muslims were never nice people who believed in the motto, "Live and let live." Their message was, "Submit or die!"
So, after a plea was made by the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I to the Vatican, at the latter half of the 11th Century, it was surmised that some counter-measure against a constant military aggressor had to be done east of Rome. It was a necessity, lest Greece be fully conquered, with Venice or Malta being next on the Muslim invasion list ... and with the Vatican being attacked after that.
This Muslim Aggressor included the 1456 Ottoman Siege of Belgrade which the Roman Catholic "Black Army" eventually won. This also included the Muslims' 1529 failed Siege of Vienna which would be followed by the second failed Siege of Vienna, in 1683.
Incidentally, Vienna was very influential in the Holy Roman Empire. Therefore, an attack on Vienna was an all-out attack on Roman Catholicism itself.
This trend of Muslim Aggression furthermore included the most emotionally dramatic historic event one can find, namely the 1565 Siege of Malta which included 40,000 Muslim attackers, 6,500 of whom were the elite Janissary Troops. Those troops were all carried on 200 Muslims ships. Barack Obama never told you this, either.
Of course, Malta was the second ultimate prize for the Muslims, with the Vatican being Muslim Prize Number One. Prize #3 was Vienna.
Christians were repeatedly the victims of the Muslims throughout the centuries. They had to fight back, being that, time after time, Muslims invaded their countries ... as well as having pirated their ships ... even into the 1400s, the 1500s, and the 1600s. After all, what would you do, if some gang constantly broke into your house, trying to rape your wife, steal your valuables, and sell your children into slavery, while keeping your house for themselves?
Coincidence or not?
As a point of curiosity, the Algerian naval commander, Turgut Reis, died on September 11th, marking the end of the Siege of Malta. He is also known as Admiral Dragut.
Furthermore, the SECOND SIEGE of Vienna was started by the Muslim forces on September 11, 1683. Plus plus plus, the Battle of Zenta occurred on September 11, 1697. That was when a Roman Catholic prince intercepted & defeated a Muslim army that was intent on recapturing Roman Catholic Hungary, for the Ottoman Empire. In as much, did you ever wonder why the NYC Trade Tower Terrorists chose September 11th as their Target Day for Destruction?
Six Years after the failed siege of Malta, the Muslims
attacked Christendom with 67,000 military men, by sea
Shortly after the Malta Siege came the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, where the Roman Catholic Holy League decimated the advancing Ottoman fleet, in the Gulf of Patras. This specific invasion of European Christendom included 278 ships, 222 of which were Muslim Galleys, and 56 of which were Muslim Galliots. Needless to say, Barack Obama NEVER told you this aspect of Muslim history, either.
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