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It is necessary to analyze the geopolitics of the time of the first crusade (1096 and 1099)
The Islamics had conquered a large part of the Iberian peninsula and the Byzantine empire was going into decline, that is, a conflict between Muslims and Christians had been going on for almost 400 years (since when the Islamic empire invaded the Iberian peninsula in 711)

It is worth mentioning that before Islamic expansion, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia were mostly Christian.

I'm not defending the crusades, but I think that analyzing the geopolitics of the time, the Pope had several reasons for sending several peasants, vagrants, knights, and self-centered barons to die in the Middle East💀

That's not what I said. What I meant by my post was that despite the cause not being to wipe out Muslims, the Catholic church allowed and even encouraged crusaders to kill Muslims without regret, and that's still a heinous action that needs to be talked about more.

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