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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)
The roots of Masonry date back to the Crusades against Muslims initiated by Pope Urban II
they were undertaken for material gain. In a period when Europe was expe-
riencing great poverty and misery, the prosperity and wealth of the East, es-
pecially of the Muslim in the Middle East, attracted the Europeans. This
inclination took on a religious facade, and was ornamented with the sym-
bols of Christianity, though, in actuality, the idea of the Crusades was born
out of a desire for worldly gain. This was the reason for the sudden change
among Christians of Europe from their former pacifist policies, in earlier pe-
riods of their history, towards military aggression.
The founder of the Crusades was Pope Urban II. He summoned the
Council of Clermont, in 1095, in which the former pacifist doctrine of the
Christians was abandoned. A holy war was called for, with the intent to
wrest the holy lands from the hands of the Muslims. Following the coun-
cil, a huge army of Crusaders was formed, composed both of professional
soldiers, and tens of thousands of ordinary people.
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