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[schoolmaster1954]

Hello brothers and sisters,
I come from Turkey and I'm Turkish. I'm not a racist. I identify myself Turkish muslim or Muslim Turkish. I believe that all races are equal in Islam and I like al muslim from different races. I believe we are one ummah. I like Salahaddin Ayyubi as a muslim character.

Saladin and the Muslim Recapture of Jerusalem

The Christians had recaptured the Holy Lands by the end of the second Crusade, but a Muslim general named Saladin launched a jihad that managed to recapture Jerusalem. Jihad is an Arabic word that means "struggle." Saladin was neither an Arab nor a Turk. He was Kurdish. The Kurds live between the Turks and Arabs in the mountainous lands of northern Iraq and eastern Turkey.

Saladin recaptured Jerusalem in 1187, prompting the Christians to launch a Third Crusade led by King Richard “the Lion-Hearted” of England. The Christians won some battles in the Third Crusade, but Saladin was able to hold Jerusalem for the Muslims. The two warriors agreed to a truce that allowed the Muslims control the Holy Lands, but Christians were free to visit their shrines.

The Muslims had recaptured all of the Holy Lands by 1291, but the Crusades were a turning point for Western Europe. The returning soldiers told fascinating tales of far away lands; people became interested in other cultures for the first time. The next two centuries would lead to exciting advances in technology and the arts we now know as the Renaissance.

Saladin

Arabic: salāhu d-din yussuf

(1138-1193) First Ayyubid sultan of Egypt, and famous for having recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders.
Saladin was of Kurdish heritage, and all through his career he used mainly Kurdish officials as his closest partners.
Saladin managed to revitalize the economy of Egypt, he reorganized the military forces and with the advice of his father, he stayed away from any conflicts with Nureddin, his formal lord, after he had become the real ruler over Egypt. Instead he waited until Nureddin's death, before he started serious military actions first against smaller Muslim states, before directing it against the Crusaders.
Saladin is one of very few personages of the time of the Crusades that has managed to be positively described in both Western and Eastern sources. With his high position among his Western opponents, he has become a figure that have fascinated Western writers.
BIOGRAPHY

1138: Born in Tikrit in Iraq as son of the Kurdish chief Ayyub.
1152: Starts to work in the service of the Syrian ruler, Nureddin.
1164: He starts to show his military and strategical qualities under 3 campaigns against the Crusaders who were established in Palestine, with the first campaign this year.
1169: Saladin serves as second to the commander in chief of the Syrian army, his uncle Shirkuh. Shirkuh became vizier of Egypt, but died after only 2 months. Saladin then took over as vizier. Despite the nominal limitations to the vizier position, Saladin took little regard to the interests of his superiors, the Fatimid rulers. He turned Cairo into an Ayyubid power base, where he used Kurds in leading positions.
1171: Saladin suppresses the Fatimid rulers of Egypt in 1171, whereupon he unites Egypt with the Abbasid Caliphate. But was not as eager as Nureddin to go to war against the Crusaders, and relations between him and Nureddin became very difficult.
1174: Nureddin dies, and Saladin uses the opportunity to extend his power base.
— Conquers Damascus.
1175: The Syrian Assassin leader Rashideddin's men made two attempts on the life of Saladin, the leader of the Ayyubids. The second time, the Assassin came so close that wounds were infliceted upon Saladin.
1176: Saladin besieges the fortress of Masyaf, the stronghold of Rashideddin. After some weeks, Saladin suddenly withdraws, and leaves the Assassins in peace for the rest of his life. It is believed that he was exposed to a threat of having his entire family murdered.
1183: Conquers the important north-Syrian city of Aleppo.
1186: Conquers Mosul in northern Iraq.
1187: With his new strength he attacks the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, and after 3 months of fighting he gets control over the city.
1189: A third Crusade manages to enlarge the coastal area of Palestine, while Jerusalem remains under Saladin's control.
1192: With The Peace of Ramla armistice agreement with King Richard 1 of England, the whole coast was defined as Christian land, while the city of Jerusalem remained under Muslim control.
1193 March 4: Dies in Damascus after a short illness.

Wassalam.

[Lyn]

Welcome to Roj Bash Kurdistan!

I agree with you about all races being equal.

Thanks for the article about Saladin.

[Diri]

Welcome to Roj Bash Kurdistan SchoolMaster...

Hoş geldin...


I am a bit curious about one thing... You speak of equality... If everybody is as equal - what is your stance on Kurdistan?

[schoolmaster1954]

Welcome to Roj Bash Kurdistan SchoolMaster...

Hoş geldin...


I am a bit curious about one thing... You speak of equality... If everybody is as equal - what is your stance on Kurdistan?

The unity of mankind is based on the belief in the Oneness of God, the Creator of the human race. He is the Lord over all human beings regardless of their colour, race, or beliefs. All humanity is entitled to share essential resources, thus everyone is EQUAL:

O' mankind, We have created you from a male and a female, and made

you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another.

Indeed the most honourable of you in the sight of Allah is the one with

the most piety"
(Surah Al-Hujjarat 49:13)