Did the Crusades Spoil 'Five Centuries of Peaceful Coexistence' With Islam?

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Posted on 01/09/2025 9:56:43 AM PST by Rummyfan

Well-known academic and go-to source for U.S. intelligence and military agencies, Professor John Esposito of Georgetown University, insists that nothing bad was happening during the "five centuries of peaceful coexistence" between Muslims and Christians prior to the First Crusade, which was launched by cynical and evil Europeans, forever turning Islam against the West.

Is that true? My answer follows:

5 Centuries of Peace?

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1 posted on 01/09/2025 9:56:43 AM PST by Rummyfan

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