Early Islam and healthcare

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

That's not really WHY the Crusaders come to the Holy Land, but there's no question that atrocities occurred on both sides once they arrived.  Don't confuse motivation with opportunism.

Boru

It's hard to commit atrocities against an invading army. I mean 99% or so were Christian Jihadists attacking Muslim cities full of civilians.

But what do you think the real reason was, aside from the literal words of the issuer of the war; the Pope?

Religious fanaticism on the part of the Westerners.  Urban's well-known cynicism and mendacity aside, the Crusades were ruinously expensive for the Christian kingdoms who promulgated them.  The motive (at least on the part of the leaders in the West) wasn't economic, it was religious.

Boru