Shortly after the Christian crusaders liberated muslim occupied Jerusalem, July 1099, the muslims formed a large army with which to attack and regain the city. Instead of defending the city, the Christian forces set out to meet the great Muslim army some five times the size of the Crusader army. It was a huge rout of the muslims never expecting such bold action by their Christian enemy.
The muslim leader was shaken by the waring ferocity of the Christians. He lamented this as he and his scumbag men were getting their asses kicked. Sweet read:
O Mahommed, our master and protector, where is your strength?… Why have you abandoned your people like this to be mercilessly destroyed and dispersed and killed by a wretchedly poor and ragged people, a people who are the scrapings of other races, the lees, rust and slag of the whole human race…. Are those who have such power really men or are they in fact gods from Hell? Maybe Hell split asunder and let these men spew forth…. If they were really men they would fear death; but as it is they have no fear of returning to the Hell from which they emerged…. O Mahommed, Mahommed…. This is what the Christians say to insult us: that the power of the Crucified One is greater than yours because he is powerful on earth and in heaven. And it certainly seems to be the case now that those who place their trust in him win, whilst those who revere you are defeated…. So whose fault is it that we are reduced to this state? Why should we give you every honor and receive nothing in return? O Jerusalem … if you ever fall into our hands I shall raze you to the ground and completely destroy the Sepulchre of the One buried in you.
The muslim leader was shaken by the waring ferocity of the Christians. He lamented this as he and his scumbag men were getting their asses kicked. Sweet read:
O Mahommed, our master and protector, where is your strength?… Why have you abandoned your people like this to be mercilessly destroyed and dispersed and killed by a wretchedly poor and ragged people, a people who are the scrapings of other races, the lees, rust and slag of the whole human race…. Are those who have such power really men or are they in fact gods from Hell? Maybe Hell split asunder and let these men spew forth…. If they were really men they would fear death; but as it is they have no fear of returning to the Hell from which they emerged…. O Mahommed, Mahommed…. This is what the Christians say to insult us: that the power of the Crucified One is greater than yours because he is powerful on earth and in heaven. And it certainly seems to be the case now that those who place their trust in him win, whilst those who revere you are defeated…. So whose fault is it that we are reduced to this state? Why should we give you every honor and receive nothing in return? O Jerusalem … if you ever fall into our hands I shall raze you to the ground and completely destroy the Sepulchre of the One buried in you.
