Did the Muslims win the Crusades?

Answer 1

Well, lets not be as specific as "Catholic", but yes, the Christians and the Muslims fought in the Crusades.

Answer 2

To the extent that the Christian forces finally departed from the Holy Land after almost 200 years of intermittent fighting, it could said that the Muslims won the Crusades.

Answer 3

In the end, the entire Holy Land was part of the Ottoman Empire, so the long-term outcome of multiple crusades was that a land under Muslim rule ended up under Muslim rule. Some historians believe, however, that the influence of the encounter with Islam during the Crusades is what launched Europe out of the Middle ages and into the Renaissance, leading to the rise in European civilization and eventually, the industrial age. So perhaps there was a consolation prize. If so, an awful lot of lives were squandered to win that prize.