It depends on the timeframe.
During the Crusades, Muslims were much more worried about the Mongol Hordes in the East. It turns out that they were right to be afraid since the Mongols destroyed five different Islamic States, including the Abbassid Caliphate, which remained the center of the Islamic World until it was destroyed. By contrast, the Crusaders were barely able to hold onto little strips of coastline in the Middle East.
Today, Muslims fear Americans and Israelis far more than they fear Christian soldiers. This explains the proliferation of Anti-American, Anti-Zionist, and Anti-Semitic propoganda in Muslim circles.
There was more than one but the primary goal was liberation of the "Holy City", Jerusalem.
It was not so much what they faced but more what the people on the road that the crusaders used face when the crusaders passed them. The crusaders has also been known to plunder on their way to the holy land. But the crusaders had to deal with Muslims that intended to stop or kill the crusaders on their way to the holy land and not to mention that it was a 6 month journey. They also had to cross the Alps and Many deserts. So the elements I would say was their greatest challenge.
Islam doesn't pose threat to any religion and Muslims doesn't pose threat to any other religion followers. It is the opposite, Muslims are commanded, in Quran and per prophet Muhammad teachings, to be kind, helpful, peaceful, and tolerant to all non Muslims so far they don't pose enmity to Muslims or practice any attack to Muslims or to their properties. Refer to question below for more information.
Sadly, Europeans of that period were not aware of the many cultures of the rest of the world. The Crusaders knew they were going to fight Muslims, but their idea of Muslims wasn't much more specific than "not Christians," or more particularly, "not like us." The Eastern Jews looked as strange as the Muslims.
Sadly, Europeans of that period were not aware of the many cultures of the rest of the world. The Crusaders knew they were going to fight Muslims, but their idea of Muslims wasn't much more specific than "not Christians," or more particularly, "not like us." The Eastern Jews looked as strange as the Muslims.
The Crusades were rising hostility to the Jews. More and More Christians believed that all non-Christians were their enemy. On their way to Palestine, some Crusaders massacred European Jews and continued the killing in Palestine. After the Crusades, Jews were expelled from England in 1290 and from France in 1306 and again in 1394. Many of these Jews moved to eastern Europe. Many Crusaders who stayed in Palestine came to respect Muslims, but Cristian tolerance toward Jews continued.
The Crusaders brought back many new ideas and inventions and things such as spices, architectural designs and much more including construction skills and ideas from the muslims that were in palestine at the time
they were more advanced then they thought
The lives of the crusaders when they lived in Europe was pretty boring. They did have more money than most people so they had a more comfortable lifestyle.
Muslims :)
No, there are more Muslims living in Europe than there are Jews.
There are more Sunni Muslims than Shiite Muslims. Shiite Muslims represent about 15% of the global Islamic community whereas Sunni Muslims represent 85%. The numbers of the other sects are negligible.