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the former Ottoman Empire.
The Turks were Muslims - followers of Islam.
Its Muslim conquerors.
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His goal was to drive out the Muslim conquerors and return the Holy Land to Christianity.
He was the duke of Normandy, a region of France.
When? The Holy Land has been in existence 3000 years in its capacity as a holy land.
Holy.
In the early middle ages Arab Muslims controlled Jerusalem. Many Christians went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem to visit the holy land. The Arab Muslims allowed this until the Turkish Muslims took over. When pilgrims visited the Holy land the Turkish Muslims would beat them, rob them and in some cases murder them. The Christians didn't like this and were told by the pope too go and fight, if Christians fought their sins would be immediately forgiven and if they died the would go straight to heaven and they would also protect their land and people and receive land so the holy war began this was called a crusade. Christians and Muslims fought over the power of Jerusalem and this is how the Christians recieved the name 'The Crusaders'.
swat, pakistan is known to be the holy land of bhuddism....