'As soon as you know anything about crusading history, you know it would produce a reaction like this in the Islamic world,' one expert said.
Iran beat Wales 2-0 earlier on Friday, increasing the pressure on the U.S. to pick up the points they need to qualify from Group B.
But despite their ancient origins — between the 11th and 13th centuries — the Crusades reverberate today.at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019, wrote in his manifesto: "ASK YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD POPE URBAN II DO?," referring to the pope who called on Europeans to go to war against Islamic forces in the Middle East in 1095, leading to the first Crusade.
"The last thing we need is the promotion of ideas such as the Crusades howsoever inadvertent as they have caused among the worst atrocities in human history." "We're talking about a period of history that is still very much remembered and talked about in the Muslim world in quite a detailed way — the same is not true in the West."
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