History lesson

It pleases that the ‘Crusaders' have not given in to the chattering classes and the ‘woke', whom it seems have little knowledge of the Crusades other than the belief that Muslims, are so offended the name should be changed.

The first Crusade in 1096 recaptured the Holy Land from the Muslim invaders.

Control of the Holy Land changed several times but victories favoured the Muslims. The final crusade, the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to an invading Muslim Ottoman army was a major blow to Christendom.

Nicolò Barbaro, a Venetian, was an eyewitness, and described in his diary blood flowing in the city like rainwater in the gutters after a sudden storm and bodies floating in the sea like melons.

Historian Philip Mansel writes persecution of the city's civilian inhabitants, resulting in thousands of murders and rapes and 30,000 civilians being enslaved or forcibly deported. Constantinople, now Istanbul, is to this day a Muslim city.

The Christians never attacked the holy Muslim cities of Mecca or Medina.

Why something that happened hundreds of years ago should be so offensive and yet Germany, under Nazi rule, killed some six million Jews, is now, only 75 years later, among our best buddies?

R Prince, Welcome Bay.

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1 comment

Being a very sad recent event...

Posted on 21-12-2019 09:56 | By groutby

...the Christchurch massacre has clearly brought this to the woke leftist attention, such things involving one predominant group will usually 'fire them into life' with little effort needed. Factual information such as yours ( and thank you) is of no consequence to such groups and even if facts were known, would twist and turn in any direction to simply get their agenda heard, for such sad events both past and present are usually used as an excuse for such action....and yes I will throw in the 'climate change' scam into the mix. Thankfully many thinking people are looking into the true facts now and hopefully, at least in part, we can regain some balance after the general election later next year....


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