Sentences with phrase «crusade against land»

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St. Bernard of Clairvaux contributed greatly to the Christian fervor that led to crusades against the Muslims in the Holy Land.

The Jews are willing to fight to drive others out of Jerusalem, the Christians endured dangerous pilgrimages not to worship, but to fight the Crusades to take the Holy Land for their faith, they tortured to «convert» infidels, and they fight amongst themselves (Protestant v. Catholics in N. Ireland, for instance); The Muslims declare «jihad» against their version of «infidels,» and they fight wars between Shia and Sunni over who should set the rules.

A campaign against illegal mining by the current NPP government is gaining traction amid fears the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu, who is fronting the anti-illegal mining crusade, will lose steam because of the influential people involved in the practice.

But both LWR and LS cut a niche as bastions of African nationalism, which often even fired the imagination and awe of the Eko aborigines, especially when newspapers like Herbert Macaulay» sLagos Daily News, the town's first daily newspaper, fought community crusades, over land and water issues, against the British, to roaring cheer from the appreciative community.

Bad Astronomy began as his personal crusade against hogwash, lies, and other crimes committed in the name of his beloved field — think moon - landing conspiracy theories, the «face» on Mars, and impossible physics on Star Trek.

The Crusades were wars proclaimed by the ruling Pope against the «infidel» Muslims in the Middle East with the intent to restore Christian access to holy sites in Jerusalem and surrounding lands.