A Crusades 2.0 Closer Than It Appears?

“The Crusades saved a Christian Europe from the onslaught of Islam. If not for the Crusades, there would be no America.” — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

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MichaelA. Rothman, @MichaelARothman, wrote on X:

𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝟒𝟔𝟑 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒. 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐒.

Every time someone trots out the Crusades to lecture Christians or the West, they leave out four centuries of history. I’m putting it back on the record.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲

Muhammad died in 632. Within three years, Muslim armies had taken Damascus (635). The next year, Antioch (636). The year after that, the entire Holy Land (637) — the spiritual center of Christendom, gone. Armenia became the first Christian nation fully conquered (639). Egypt, the Coptic Christian power, fell two years later (641). By 650, Muslim forces had reached southern Italy and Cyprus, taking thousands of captives as “𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴” and “𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴.”

Then came Spain — Muslim armies crossed from North Africa in 711 and overran most of Iberia by 715. In roughly 80 years, Christianity lost the Middle East, North Africa, and most of the Iberian Peninsula.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 — 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲

This was not exploration. This was conquest. In 717, Muslim forces besieged Constantinople itself — the capital of Eastern Christendom. The siege lasted a year before they were repelled. Had it succeeded, the path into Europe would have been wide open. In 730, they invaded France. Charles Martel stopped them at Tours.

In 792, the ruler of Al-Andalus called for a second invasion of France. Repelled. In 848, a third invasion of France. Repelled again. In 827, Muslims invaded Sicily and Italy, persecuting monks and pillaging Christian communities. Sicily would remain under Islamic rule for 250 years. In 846, they invaded Rome itself and forced the Pope to pay tribute. By 909, they had taken Sardinia. This was relentless, coordinated, and existential.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭

In 937, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher — built over the site Christians believe is the tomb of Christ — was burned to the ground. More churches in Jerusalem were torched alongside it. In 1009, the Church of the Resurrection was destroyed. By 1012, Al-Hakim’s oppressive decrees against Christians had begun in earnest. Christian pilgrims could no longer safely visit the sites of Christ’s ministry. The holiest city in Christendom was ruled by a hostile power systematically destroying the faith itself.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩

In 1071, Muslim Turkish forces shattered the Byzantine army at Manzikert and occupied most of Anatolia. Constantinople was now directly threatened. In 1094, Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos sent envoys to Rome begging Western Christendom for military aid. In 1095, Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade.

𝟒𝟔𝟑 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲.

The Bottom Line

We are seeing another massive Muslim invasion in Europe and America via Muslim migrants.

The Muslim Invation of Great Britian

According to official 2021 Census data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 3,801,186 people identified as Muslim in England, representing 6.7% of the total population.

When combined with Wales, the total count for England and Wales reached 3.87 million (6.5% of the combined population).

Greater London: Has the highest concentration, with 1,318,754 Muslims (15.0% of the city’s population).
West Midlands: 569,963 (9.6%)
North West: 563,105 (7.6%)
Yorkshire and the Humber: 442,533 (8.1%)

The Muslim Invation of France

Major demographic studies and statistical surveys estimate that 5.5 to 6.5 million Muslims live in France, representing roughly 8% to 10% of the country’s total population.

The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) estimates that between 5.3 million and 5.6 million Muslims live in Germany, representing roughly 6.4% to 6.7% of the country’s overall population.

Like France, official censuses in Germany generally do not collect direct data on all religious affiliations, so these figures are derived from demographic studies of populations with a migration background from predominantly Muslim countries.

Ethnic Backgrounds: People of Turkish descent make up the largest subgroup (around 45%), followed by those of Arab heritage (27%), Southeast Europe (19%), and Iranic/Afghan origins (9%).
Denominations: Approximately 75% are Sunni, around 13% identify with the Alevi tradition, 7% are Shia, and the remainder belong to other movements.
Geographic Distribution: The overwhelming majority live in the states of former West Germany and major urban hubs such as Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, and Hamburg. Less than 2% of the population in former East German states (excluding Berlin) is Muslim.

The Muslim Invasion of Germany

According to estimates by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), between 6.6 million and 7.0 million Muslims live in Germany. This accounts for approximately 8.0% to 8.5% of the total population.

Earlier studies had placed the estimate around 5.3 to 5.6 million (approx. 6.4–6.7%), but updated projections accounting for demographic shifts and migration from regions like the Middle East and South Asia reflect this growth.

The Muslim Invation of the United States of America

Major demographic studies and independent censuses estimate that between 3.5 million and 4.5 million Muslims live in the United States, accounting for roughly 1.1% to 1.3% of the total U.S. population.

2020 U.S. Religion Census: Estimates the U.S. Muslim population at approximately 4.45 million people (1.34% of the population).
Pew Research Center: Estimates the total at around 3.5 to 3.8 million people, projecting rapid growth that could make Islam the second-largest religious group in the U.S. after Christianity by 2040.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity: American Muslims are considered one of the most ethnically diverse religious groups in the country. Broad estimates indicate roughly 25–30% are Asian/South Asian, 25% are Black/African American, 25% are White/Middle Eastern/North African, and 5–8% are Hispanic/Latino.
Geographic Distribution: High concentrations live in major metropolitan regions, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit (and Dearborn, Michigan), and northern New Jersey.

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The more muslims, the more violence and more mosques teaching Sharia laws.

Wake up Europe!

Wake up America!

Time for a Crusade 2.0? You decide!