How White Supremacists and Islamist extremists exploit the Middle Ages for their own political gain
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Category: Templar History
Tags: al aqsa, al qaeda, alt-right, Anders Breivik, Caliphate, Charlottesville, crusade, Daesh, Deus Vult, extreme, far right, ISIS, Islam, jerusalem, jihad, khawarij, knights, koran, medieval, middle ages, mosque, muslim, Non Nobis Domine, Ottoman Empire, Quran, racism, racist, right, salafi, saracen, Solomon, supremacist, takfir, Templar, Wahabbi, white
It’s been reported that the thugs of ISIS have blown up an 800 year old mosque built during the Crusades by Nur ad-Din, a Saracen ruler described during his lifetime as a scourge of the crusader armies. Up until recently,…
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Category: Templar News
Tags: al-Din, al-Nuri, Bertrand, Blanquefort, crusades, Daesh, destroyed, destruction, iraq, ISIS, mosque, Mosul, Nur ad-Din, saladin
The news that Karak castle in Jordan had been attacked by members of the so-called Islamic State is horrifying and shocking. Much worse that a Canadian tourist, Linda Vatcher, was killed in the skirmish along with members of the Jordanian…
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Category: Templar News
Tags: Aleppo, Christmas, ISIL, ISIS, jordan, karak, Kerak, knights templar, Krak des Chevaliers, Palmyra, syria, Templar, terrorist
The frontier or boundaries between Islam and Christianity in the Middle Ages were much more fluid than you might imagine
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Category: Templar History
Tags: catholic, christianity, histfic, history, iraq, ISIS, Islam, knights, knights templar, medieval, syria, Templar
ISIS or Daesh has perpetrated appalling crimes against both humanity and our historical legacy destroying priceless antiquities
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Category: Templar News
Tags: Assyrian, british, Daesh, destroy, history, iraq, ISIS, Islam, knights templar, medieval, museum, Palmyra, rebuild, sites, syria, Templar, terrorist
ISIS destroyed Tikrit the birthplace of Saladin who fought the Knights Templar during the crusades
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Category: Templar News
Tags: Assyrian, british, christianity, faith, history, iraq, ISIS, Islam, islamic, knight, Mosul, museum, Palmyra, Saddam, saladin, state, Templar, Tikrit
Was the medieval cult of the Assassins a precursor to the 21st century terrorists of ISIS or Daesh?
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Category: Templar History
Tags: assassin, Assassins, baghdadi, church, creed, crusades, iraq, IS, ISIS, Islam, islamic, Knight Templar, murder, Templar
Sadly as I write, the city of Homs is under bombardment from government forces as Syria slowly sinks in to what looks increasingly like civil war. Many history buffs may be unaware of the city of Homs until I refer…
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Category: Templar News
Tags: Assad, bombardment, Emesa, Homs, ISIS, knight, Krac, Krak des Chevaliers, syria, Templar, war
