Less than a day after George W. Bush invokes his favourite C-word, bombs rock the London transit system.When I think that the original crusades happened again and again over THREE CENTURIES, it seems to me that we, as people, have...
a)learned nothing and
b) have a long way to go.
Crusade
1) Any of the military expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims.
2) A holy war undertaken with papal sanction.
3) A vigorous concerted movement for a cause or against an abuse
[French croisade, and Spanish cruzada both ultimately from Latin crux, cruc-, cross.]
Jihad
1) A holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
2) A holy struggle by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal
[Arabic jihd, from jahada, to strive, See ghd in Semitic Roots.]
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