The Christian - Muslem issue is at least 1,300 years old at the time the Arabs conquered major part of today's Spain - and the more nasty ones around the establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem by the crusaders.
Islam is inherently violent by design and challenges any other faith which is dismissed by the “power of the sword” (best example the battle of Hattin. Further most Central Asia to Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia etc., was achieved by the “power of the sword” as most nomad tribes people converted to Islam to avoid bloodshed.
The exhausted captives were brought to Saladin's tent, where Guy was given a goblet of iced water as a sign of Saladin's generosity. When Guy passed the goblet to his fellow captive Raynald, Saladin allowed the old man (Raynald was about 60) to drink but shortly afterwards said that he had not offered water to Raynald and thus was not bound by the Muslim rules of hospitality. When Saladin accused Raynald of being an oath breaker, Raynald replied "kings have always acted thus. I did nothing more." Saladin then executed Raynald himself, beheading him with his sword. Guy fell to his knees at the sight of Raynald's corpse but Saladin bade him to rise, saying, "This man was only killed because of his maleficence and perfidy."
On Monday, July 6, two days after the battle, the captured Templars and Hospitallers were given the opportunity to convert to Islam. According to Imad al-Din, only a few accepted, although those that did became devout Muslims
The executions (one of only two executions of prisoners ordered by Saladin) were by beheading. In an act of solidarity, many of the captured crusaders falsely claimed to be Templar knights, forcing Saladin's men to behead them as well.[8] Saint Nicasius, a Knight Hospitaller venerated as a Christian martyr, is said to have been one of the victims.[9]
"Saladin ordered that they should be beheaded, choosing to have them dead rather than in prison. With him was a whole band of scholars and sufis and a certain number of devout men and ascetics, each begged to be allowed to kill one of them, and drew his sword and rolled back his sleeve. Saladin, his face joyful, was sitting on his dais, the unbelievers showed black despair" - Imad ed-Din, Saladin's Secretary [10]
Guy was taken to Damascus as a prisoner and the others were eventually ransomed.
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