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To: Neocon who wrote (130680)	5/1/2004 9:11:11 AM
From: Noel de Leon	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

""Muslim refugees had taken refuge in the Dome of the Rock, the mosque of al-Aqsa... A group of Crusaders broke in and slaughtered everyone inside. Similarly, the Jews of the city fled to their synagogue, only to have the Crusaders set it on fire, killing everyone. The chroniclers tell of streets running with blood... All the Jews of Jerusalem were dead. All the Muslims were dead." According to the New Advent (Catholic Encyclopedia), the wars waged by the Spaniards against the Moors were also a "crusade" from the eleventh to the sixteenth century. The Crusaders thus waged "Holy Wars" against both Jews and Muslims. Many Christians today would say that there was nothing holy or Christian about the slaughter of innocents during the Crusades, just as the Inquisition was not truly Christian in doctrine but rather a perversion of true Christian doctrine. So it is confused and misleading to label it "Christian." Likewise, many Muslims say the terrorist attack of America on September 11 is not truly in the doctrine of Islam. Thus, calling the attackers "Muslim" or "Islamic" would also be misleading. The Crusaders used Christianity as a pretext, but their religion was really Supremacism. A Supremacist believes his religion, particularly his version and interpretation, is supreme over all others. Being a believer puts one in a special position, allowing him to impose his will on others, even to kill innocents in order to further his supreme cause. The Supremacist thinks that any wrongs suffered by his group or any flaws of the inferiors entitle the Supremacists to attack and destroy members of the other groups, howsoever innocent individuals may be. Supremacists of all religions have this common belief system, and the particular religion they espouse is really only incidental. Their core belief is that they are the true religion, that they are supreme over others, and are entitled to impose their will on all others, and that the slightest wrongs committed by others are sufficient for the Supremacists to destroy the inferiors."