Before the Crusades, two-thirds of the Christian world had already fallen under Islamic rule.
Your school probably skipped that part.
They taught you the Crusades began in 1095, as if Christians just woke up one morning and decided to march east for no reason.
But history did not begin in 1095.
By then, Islamic armies had already conquered massive portions of the Christian world:
Syria.
Egypt.
North Africa.
The Holy Land.
Spain.
In 711 AD, Islamic forces crossed into Spain.
By 732 AD, they had pushed all the way into France.
That is where Charles Martel met them at the Battle of Tours and stopped the advance into Western Europe.
Some historians consider it one of the most decisive battles in world history.
So when people talk about the Crusades without mentioning the 400 years before them, they are not giving you history.
They are giving you a narrative.
Were the Crusades complicated?
Of course.
Were Christians perfect?
No.
But the idea that the Crusades were some random act of Christian aggression is historically dishonest.
The real story begins long before 1095.
And once you know what happened before the Crusades, the entire conversation changes.
They buried this.
Now you know.
Muhammad came to Medina as religious refugee. The Jewish tribes took them in. Within 5 years the 3 clans that hosted them were gone: EXPELLED, BEHEADED, ENSLAVED.
Their land and wealth seized. This isn’t immigration. It’s the master plan: arrive weak, grow your numbers in the host country, then conquer from within.
Lebanon fell the same way. Europe is repeating it right now. AMERICA, Wake up!!
The BBC refused to cover this. The British Parliament refused to discuss it. Ask yourself why. This is an official Hamas video showing children in Gaza being armed and trained to become terrorists. They received aid from Islamic Relief in Britain.
Olivia Hill, a former registered nurse has been left homeless living in a tent.
High peak borough council a LABOUR ran council has rejected her for housing and gave her a tent and told her to pitch it around Woodhead Reservoir, near Longendale.
These criminals in Government are housing illegals and leaving our own citizens on the streets.
It’s sick and twisted.
£59,000 of mostly women's items quietly vanished from the indictment... and we're expected to believe it was nothing to do with sparing Nicola Sturgeon embarrassment?
The stench around this scandal just won't go away.
For years, I’d spot the occasional wasp drifting through my yard. I left them alone, figuring they’d return the favor. Every now and then one would sting me, but it was rare enough that I didn’t make an issue of it.
Then I started seeing more of them. Before long, I realized they were building nests in the eaves, under the deck, and in the woodpile. The population exploded. What had been a minor annoyance became a daily hazard. The more numerous they grew, the more territorial and aggressive they became.
Eventually I faced a clear choice: I could tolerate the growing risk of being stung, not just me but the entire neighborhood or I could go after the nests and deal with the painful, messy fight that would surely follow.
By the way… this isn’t really about wasps.
Ben Adler, an Australian Jewish klezmer musician, has faced relentless exclusion and bigotry following the October 7th Hamas attacks on Israel.
For example, for a gig scheduled before October 7th, the band re-branded itself as "folk" music to avoid trouble. After the Hamas massacre, the show was cancelled entirely.
After a festival dropped him because of “the nuanced situation overseas,” Adler shared the offensive letter with other Jewish artists. It leaked, and he was subsequently doxxed and added to a list of "Zios," a slur for Jews created by the KKK.
His band even receives abusive comments on their online videos, including on Yiddish songs that predate Israel's existence.
Ironically, klezmer, the music Adler's band Chutney plays, developed in Europe, at a time when Jews were forced to live in ghettos and excluded from other musical opportunities.
Klezmer was nearly wiped out by the Holocaust and has been revived in the decades since by dedicated Jewish artists.
Now, Jews in Australia are being targeted under the guise of "criticism of Israel," a charge Adler expertly rebutted in his testimony before the Commission on Antisemitism.
History may not repeat, but it certainly rhymes.
LETS MAKE Ryley FAMOUS ❤️❤️
Nobody moved. So he did. ❤️❤️
Last Tuesday afternoon at a canal near a busy walking path, a toddler slipped through a gap in a railing and hit the water.
Adults froze. Seconds passed.
Then Ryley — 15 years old — took off his shoes and jumped in.
The water was deep. The child was too small to keep their head up. Ryley reached the toddler, got underneath them, and pushed the child's face above the surface. No flotation device. No lifeguard vest. Just a teenager using his own body as a raft.
He held that position — arms raised, treading water — until emergency responders arrived and lifted the child to safety.
Witnesses said he moved before most people had even processed what was happening.
Ryley went home that same evening. No press conference. No ceremony. He reportedly told his mum it "wasn't a big deal."
The toddler is safe. Recovering. Going home to their family.
And somewhere out there, a 15-year-old kid is probably back in school right now — sitting in class, doing homework — completely unaware that the world needs to know his name.
His name is Ryley 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👌🏾🙏🏾
This is Twana Jamal.
A prolific people smuggler jailed and convicted in France.
He’s now seeking asylum in the UK and working illegally, a BBC investigation has found.
Why has he not been refused asylum and deported?
Credit to the BBC for confronting him 👇🏻
Watching the father of 22-year-old Logan Federico screaming at Democrats after his daughter was dragged from bed, forced on her knees, and executed...
...by a man arrested 39 TIMES with 25 FELONIES
Still may be the most powerful and heartbreaking video I've ever watched.
Everyone who let this demon walk free, should be in prison.
For years, Israel warned that Hamas had infiltrated UNRWA.
No terrorist deserves a UN badge, a UN paycheck, or the protection of the UN.
Now, after UNRWA dismissed 70 employees linked to terrorist organizations in Gaza, the international community should finally heed Israel’s warnings.
Remember Johnny Ball, he made kids programs back in the 80s & 90s about science & the environment..... UNTIL he called out the climate bollox & claimed that schools were brainwashing kids with rubbish. He then got cancelled for some reason. Here's an old clip where he talks about CO2
She literally said gay people have absolutely lost rights under Trump.
Then when asked what rights have been lost, she realized she had no clue what she’s talking about.
This is what the left does. They say all of these factually incorrect things and hype each other up without even taking the time to ask if it’s true and or what makes it true..
Ich laufe nachts durch einen Stadtpark in Polen. Junge Frauen kommen mir entgegen, gekleidet in Mini-Röcken. Es ist bereits nach 22:00 Uhr. Es scheint, als wäre das die absolute Normalität. Ich komme gerade aus Deutschland und kann diese Normalität kaum begreifen.
Selbst ein Kind spielt mit dem Ball, während die Mama sich freut. Der Stadtpark ist sauber und sicher. Ich denke an ein paar Tage zurück in Deutschland. Was bitte haben wir aus Deutschland gemacht? Was bitte haben wir aus unserer Heimat gemacht?
13 Palestinians were caught hiding inside a concealed compartment beneath the floor of a bus while attempting to infiltrate Israel.
This is how terror attacks are prevented before they happen.
HEARTBREAKING: Her 10-month-old baby was cut in half with a knife in front of her, her husband was shot dead, and she watched them split her second child's skull with a machete. They also cut off one of her hands.
This is life for Christians in Nigeria. The media remains silent.
It is entirely within the BBC's powers and remit to cover the rape gang inquiry, even if only to debunk it. But as with the trans issue, they starve it of oxygen and daylight instead.