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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

The Crusaders wreaked havoc in Jerusalem. The Mediaeval engraving shown above de-
picts certain scenes of the horror.

to their knees and bridle reins. 3
In two days, the Crusader army killed some 40,000 Muslims in the
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most barbaric manner. The crusaders then made Jerusalem their capital,
and founded a Latin Kingdom stretching from the borders of Palestine to
Antioch.
Later, the crusaders initiated a struggle to maintain their position in
the Middle East. In order to sustain the state they had founded, it was nec-
essary to organize it. To this end, they established military orders, the alike
of which had never existed before. Members of these orders came from Eu-
rope to Palestine, and lived in a type of monastery where they received
military training to fight against Muslims.
One of these orders, in particular, was different from the others. It un-

derwent a transformation that would influence the course of history. This
order was the Templars.

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