User blog comment:Draugluin the werewolf/This guy on youtube, why do I even bother./@comment-25356210-20170110035624/@comment-26237442-20170110132542

the thing is, the islamic exspansion was largely political, the umayad conquest of Iberia for instance was just a war for territory. Before the crusades "holy" wars weren't really an idea. Violent Jihadism was formed in response to the crusades.