Condoners of the Crusades, such as Rodney Stark, cite Islam’s brutal attacks on Christendom as the reason and validation of the Crusades, however, they were brutal in their own right, killing millions of people in the name of Christianity. Their hypocrisy lies in the fact that they can understand- and even go as far as to support- killing …show more content…
Throughout recent history, Western civilizations have been pushing their beliefs on the rest of the world whether they want to hear it or not. The United States is the number one offender in this category, often being called “the world’s police” for its tendency to get involved in other countries’ issues even when, arguably, unnecessary. But when others fight back they are looked at in the worst light. In focus with the the aforementioned Crusades, the West is still fighting with Islamic-centered places such as countries of the Middle East (however, not the entirety of the Islamic