The Conflict Of The Middle East

The Crusades began when Pope Urban II called on Christians to fight the Muslim Turks. In the Crusades, several major Crusade expeditions occurred between 1096 and 1291. In the First Crusade, knights from Europe captured Jerusalem after seven weeks of siege and began massacring the city’s Muslim and Jewish populations. During the Second Crusade, the kings of

The first crusade was the first Christian journey to Jerusalem, the holy land so that they could aid the Eastern Christians lay siege to the city and take it back from the Saracens, a name for the Muslims during the Crusades. In November 1095, Pope Urban II called for the first crusade and announced it at the town of Clermont, central France. He proposed that Christians go to Jerusalem to liberate the church in the name of religious devotion, a cover-up for people seeking honour or glory. The crusaders were mainly comprised of peasants from France and Germany. When the crusade began on the 1st of November 1098, Bohemund and Raymond Toulouse both claimed to be in charge; an argument broke out. While the Crusaders captured the town of Ma’arra, Bohemud returned to Antioch and captured the city for himself. Bohemund proposed that he would let Raymond lead the crusade if he could have Antioch, and so Raymond led the crusade. On 7th June 1099, the crusaders finally reached Jerusalem. It is said that as the great walls of the city came within sight they wept with joy, but this was not the end of their journey. Jerusalem had solid defence and was heavily guarded which presented a challenge for the Crusaders as they did not have the necessary siege equipment to break through the walls as that would require wood which was scarce. Then a priest had a vision that if the Soldiers marched around the city 3 times bare foot. The crusaders did this and within a week they took control of the

Following September 11, 2001, there seemed to be a sense of fear towards Arabs and Muslims in America. Since then, the tension between the United States and the Middle East has escalated. Based on the attention terrorist attacks receive, stereotypes tend to arise toward Muslims. Terrorists can be any ethnicity or religion, but typically jihadist terrorists’ gain the most attention in the media and the press. In America, Arabs, Muslims, and Jihadists tend to all get grouped together, even though they are not synonymous terms (Amble, 2012, pp. 340, 342). Not every Arab is a Muslim and not every Muslim is a terrorist. In fact, only a small portion of Muslims partake in terrorist activities and the Islam religion actually prohibits deliberate murder of unarmed individuals in battle and suicide (Pratt, 2013). If many stereotypes of Muslims seem to be incorrect, then it is crucial that Christians become educated on what Muslims actually believe. Critiques of the Islam faith that the Christian makes cannot be rooted in the actions of a few radicals. Just as certain people do evil things in the name of Christianity, without truly knowing Christ, I believe terrorists do the same. By targeting the aspects of violence in Islam I believe the Christian can close doors to witnessing. Instead, I think there are two core criticisms between the Islam religion and Christianity that can be analyzed to persuade a Muslim, law and logic. These two categories would allow us to meet with Muslims at

A common misconception about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that it is deeply rooted in religion. However, it instead is a dispute over claims on the same land. Israelis believe that they are entitled to the land now known as Israel, while the Palestinians believe that they are entitled to this same land in which they call Palestine instead. Religion does, however, come into play as both sides believe that their God actually gave them this land, and giving it away would simply be unjust. After viewing both articles, The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Mark Tessler, and Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict A primer by Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar, I believe that truly understanding the Israeli-Palestinian and its entirety means breaking it down in a historically

In the year of 1095, Pope Urban II started what we know as the Holy Wars or the Crusades. Over the period from 1095-1464, a series of military expeditions were fought to take back the Holy Land, Jerusalem, from the Seljuk Turks. There were eight crusades, which were spurred for many different reasons by many different people that left a lasting effect to the world. These years of bloodshed were led by men of power to gain control over the Holy Land of Jerusalem. Jerusalem was extremely important to the Muslims and Christians at this time. Many religious events had happened there, and many of the landmarks of both religions were located in Jerusalem. The Crusaders failed to regain the Holy Land, but the Eastern connections opened Europe to

The first crusade started in 1096 B.C. when Pope Urban II called for the for a holy war. This was the beginning of the first crusade. What originally was supposed to be the taking back of Jerusalem led to the death of thousands of Jewish people. This with previous persecution of the Jews, by Christians, led to even more persecution of Jews.

The Crusades began because Jerusalem was a very important part of many peoples' lives. It held religion importance and sacraments which was a big part of many lives.

European Christians began the Crusades for many reasons. One reason is that Jerusalem is the Christian’s Holy Land. It is where Jesus died on the cross, was buried, and ascended to Heaven. The Seljuk Turks would not let the Christians pilgrimage there and the Christians did not like that. In 1065 Jerusalem was taken by the Turks and over 3,000 Christians were massacred.

The Crusades, 1096-1291, were a number of wars fought for various political and religious reasons, in an effort to gain control of the Holy Land. The First Crusade, which began in 1096 and lasted to 1102, was set into motion by Pope Urban II. The purpose of the war was to assist the Byzantine Empire. The Empire had fell under attack by Seljuk Turks. In 1099 the Europeans had captured Jerusalem, because of this Muslims banded together against the Christians who was now occupying the land. Over the next almost two hundred years the two groups would face each other over a series of several more crusades. It wasn’t until 1291 that Jerusalem and the surrounding areas were in control of the Muslim world. It would remain this way until the twentieth

The historic background of the Sunni -Shia lies in the schism that occurred when the Islamic prophet Mohammed died in the 632, leading to a dispute over succession to Mohammed as a caliph of the Islamic community spread across various parts of the world, which led to the battel of Safin. The dispute intensified greatly after the battle of Karbala, in which Hussein ibn ail and his household were killed by the ruling Umayyad caliph Yazidi, and the outcry for revenge divided the early Islamic community. Today, there are differences in religious practice, traditions, and customs, often related to jurisprudence. Although all Muslims groups consider the Quran to be divine, Sunni and Shia have different opinions on hadith.

Imagine this: The United States is involved in an intricate war in the Middle East

War is ugly, no other way to state it, but it is also a necessity. War is an armed conflict between different nations or states (Merriam-Webster). Many say there is always a way around war. Is there really a way? When we look back at World War II, was there any way to avoid it? Do you think that we could have negotiated with Adolf Hitler? The answer is a resounding no. Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jewish race and any other race that weren 't what he believed to be perfect (annefrank.org). A more modern example of this would be what is happening in the Middle East with Islamist Extremists. Could we have negotiated a deal with them to avoid war? No, there is no negotiating when they believe we are evil and must be converted or destroyed

The Middle East has long been home to very deep-rooted conflict. For too long, the citizens of the Middle East have lived in the central of death and fear. The animosity between few, takes the hope of hundreds. The Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict is most notably the largest issue preventing peace in the Middle East, but it is by no means the only issue. The issue of bankrolling and foreign aid are also issues preventing peace; because the U.S provides so much funding and foreign aid to certain countries, it is in some sense encouraging them to continue acting the way they act now and not change for the better of the region. It is also making the U.S look biased and can potentially cause issues for America in the long run, if they haven’t already. There is also the conflict of the Persian Gulf; the importance of these “new” resources and how it could affect the world economy and also the balancing of powers in the Persian Gulf; The U.S and the Middle Eastern nations will need to work to together to bring about security and stability into the Persian Gulf and hopefully it can overflow to the Middle East as well.

Modern political discourse in the United States, particularly in the realm of foreign policy (whether it occurs in the academic community, political institutions, or in the press), has increasingly become more focused on the Middle East region. The United States continues view the Middle East as an area of instability in which the country’s economic interests, particularly oil, are often threatened and at risk. The on-going Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has lasted over sixty years, is a prime opportunity for the United States to take initiative in both protecting its interests in the Middle East region as well as forming stronger alliances with Arab states through the process of cooperation via negotiation. Careful analysis of the history and strategies utilized in the ongoing conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians reveals that Israel 's policy of deterrence and military dominance over Palestinians is in fact oppressive and unjust at times (and that Palestinian resentment is a rational response). The United States ' decision to continually support Israel with substantial aid (backed by public opinion and taxpayers) severely damages the United States ' reputation with Arab countries in the region; limiting the United States ' effectiveness in foreign policy in the region as a whole. In order to protect United States interests, bring more stability to the area, and encourage more cooperation between Arab states and the United States in the Middle East, the

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