The conflicts between Muslims and Christians

Student Name The Crusaders The conflicts between Muslims and Christians has been experienced for several decades. Recently, a militia group called the crusaders plotted to kill Somalian Muslim refugees who resided in an apartment in Garden City. The anti-Muslim group believed that they were responsible for protecting the American government from selling their country to Muslims. Despite stocking a large number of weapons and explosives for the attack, the group’s plans were stopped by federal agents who had been listening in and recording their plans. According to the federal agents, the militia group had planned on detonating a car bomb close to the apartment building, and shoot the Muslims with arrows dipped in pig’s blood. The group’s members believed that the acts were an act of cleansing, which focused on eliminating the Muslims who had moved into American soil and were becoming a threat to American society. However, efforts by the Crusaders to attack the Muslim refugees were futile since the group members were arrested and sentenced to 81 years in jail. Various characteristics of the militia group resemble that of the first Crusaders under the direction of popes, whereas other characteristics vary as discussed in the essay.  To begin with, both the militia group and crusaders initiated the attacks because of the fear of the spread of Islam. Before the initiation of the first crusade, the Byzantines began showing great concern about the increased popularity of the Moslem force, particularly across Persia. The growing popularity of the Moslem across Asia enabled the community to convert more Mongols, which threatened the Byzantine's control over their territory in Asia. Despite the conflicts mainly being based on territorial issues, the Europeans associated the spread of Moslems as having an impact on Christian pilgrimage, in order to get help from the West. As a result, Pope Urban reframed the extremist act against the Moslems as a war against the real enemy. Similarly, the militia that planned the attack on the Muslim refugees during the 2016 elections considered the war as a fight against Islam who had frustrated the Westerners for thousands of years. According to the manifesto drafted by the group’s leaders, Muslims have waged war against the west for a very long time, and this makes them the top enemies of the Americans. As a result, the group draws upon Pope Urban’s tactic in solving the issue of Islam in America. The two events also share similarities in terms of failed attempts. Although the crusader group led by Pope Urban managed to successfully take over Jerusalem in 1099, the group lost the city in 1187. Additionally, during the years between the formation in 1096 and 1291, the crusaders did not achieve the majority of their modest goals. Part of the reason for their failure was the ambiguous goals set by the group and lack of focus. For instance, the second crusader group began to engage in practices such as drinking and other forms of pleasure, which made them less focused on achieving their goal of conquering Moslem nations. Also, the Moslem groups and Europeans formed coalitions to defeat the second formation of crusaders, which resulted in a failed attempt to proclaim the Holy Land...