Results for: "Islam"

Christian Calendar (Holidays), Islam, Other Than Christianity, September Articles

ListenThe West has often given credit to Islam for its contributions to the development of civilization. The so-called "Golden Age" of Islam was nothing but the social and intellectual properties of the societies they put to the sword. As Muslim expert Robert Spencer writes, "...Islam was not the foundation of much significant cultural or scientific development at all."[1] When the facts are known, they will reveal that the West has inordinately credited Islam for contributions to Western civilization that it has never made. What is apparent from contemporary assessment of Islam is a lack of...Read more... Read more... -->

August Articles, Christian Calendar (Holidays), Christian History, Islam, Other Than Christianity, September Articles

Listen August 15, 1096 First Christian Crusade begins The Christian Crusades against Muslims began nearly 470 years after the first Muslim Crusades against Christians were initiated in 630, when Muhammad himself led the way. From late in the eleventh century until the middle of the thirteenth century, waves of Christian crusaders attempted to recover lands lost to the Muslims after 630. Nearly 470 years passed from the time that Muslims began to crusade against Christian lands until Christians responded with the First Crusade, beginning on August 15, 1096! It should be noted that originally...Read more... Read more... -->