http://www.alternet.org/belief/think-islamists-are-only-religious-terrorists-meet-some-famous-killers-christ?akid=12773.260394.nYxFwl&rd=1&src=newsletter1031557&t=13
Obama is correct in pointing out how religions get hijacked for barbaric and evil purposes.
The Crusades had nothing to do with Christianity -- it was an opportunity to murder, pillage and steal on a grand scale by cold-blooded assholes who used Christianity as their justification, no different from the way ISIL uses Islam to justify barbecuing a Muslim captive.
The reason big religions are so often hijacked for evil purposes, is because they CAN be hijacked.
Reality
Obama is correct in pointing out how religions get hijacked for barbaric and evil purposes.
The Crusades had nothing to do with Christianity -- it was an opportunity to murder, pillage and steal on a grand scale by cold-blooded assholes who used Christianity as their justification, no different from the way ISIL uses Islam to justify barbecuing a Muslim captive.
The reason big religions are so often hijacked for evil purposes, is because they CAN be hijacked.
Reality