Chapter 841 Riot

Just when the US top brass was worried about the riots in Detroit, there were also quite a few riots in New York and other places. The protagonists of the riots were the refugees who had fled from the Middle East a while ago.

The German army attacked the Middle East and sent a large number of Middle Eastern refugees to the United States in the name of Greece. These refugees, who were like beggars, only had clothes on their bodies. After arriving in the United States, all their food, clothing, housing and transportation had to be solved by the US government. What's annoying is that these refugees didn't stay well after eating. They clamored for better accommodation and clothes, and asked the government to build a mosque, which led to many social conflicts; the most important conflict was the conflict between Islam, which these refugees believed in, and Christianity, which Americans believed in.

Both religions came from Judaism and believed in the god of their ancestor Abraham (Ibrahim). Compared with Christianity, Islam is a younger religion. It has evolved the content of Judaism and Christianity in many aspects such as doctrines, religious anecdotes, etc.

However, Islam only recognizes Jesus as one of the six messengers sent by Allah. Jesus' revelation was tampered by the church, and the Bible is just a rewritten pseudo-scripture. The Quran, which was delivered by Muhammad, is the last revelation scripture including the Bible.

Therefore, Islam calls Christians "people of the scripture" to distinguish them from polytheists, but on the other hand, it condemns Christians and Jews for "tampering with the scriptures", "confusing the truth with the false, concealing the truth", and "violating the right path". In this way, Islam believes that it has defeated Christianity, absorbed the truth of Christianity, overcome the mistakes of Christianity, and made Christianity an outdated religion due to the existence of the last prophet Muhammad.

Christianity also accuses Islam of tampering with God's truth revelation and regards Islam as the religion of barbaric and ignorant nations.

Therefore, when these two heterogeneous civilizations that do not give in to each other encounter each other, there must be more conflict than absorption.

In 1009, the Fatimid dynasty in North Africa, known as the "Green Caliphate", destroyed Christian churches including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Jewish synagogue, and blocked the pilgrimage route of Christians to Jerusalem, intensifying the conflict between Christianity and Islam. In the conflict between the two religions, the Byzantine Empire, which had split, was the first to bear the brunt and faced the threat from the Muslims in the East. Alexius I, trapped both internally and externally, chose to seek help from Western Europe.

For religious and practical considerations, Pope Urban II accepted this request and convened a great religious conference in Clermont, France, which sounded the prelude to the Crusades. This war was called the "Crusades" because it was a war launched by Christians wearing crosses against other so-called pagans such as Islam.

From the perspective of combat, the Crusaders were quite loose and chaotic, with no unified leadership, no supply lines, and no detailed strategy. However, with the resentment and faith in their hearts, the first crusade achieved a miraculous victory. In 1096, the main force of this crusade was led by the king and nobles of France, who obtained supplies from Byzantium and captured Jerusalem in 1099, celebrating the victory with the massacred Muslims.

From the end of the 11th century to the end of the 13th century, such crusades were launched a total of nine times, which means that the two major religions broke out in a 200-year war. This war was both a disaster and a plunder for the Muslims. Many cities were reduced to ruins by the looting of the Crusaders, causing huge material losses.

The Crusades had a huge impact on history and changed the historical process of West Asia, Europe and North Africa. Although to some extent, it deepened the understanding and trust of the people of Western Europe in the church. From the results, the Crusades neither recovered the lost land, but also plundered. The so-called chivalrous Crusaders were like robbers and barbarians, killing and arson, and the prestige of the church eventually declined sharply in this crusade. The Crusades laid the seeds for the long-term confrontation between Christianity and Islam.

No matter in which era, where there are refugees, there will be unrest and unrest. Since the outbreak of the German-American War, life in the United States has become increasingly difficult, and the treatment enjoyed by these refugees has naturally become worse and worse, and their dissatisfaction has also become increasingly high. So they began to march in groups on the streets, shouting slogans, demanding that the US government respect religion and human rights and give them better treatment.

On this day, the German bombers did not visit New York, and the weather was also good. The refugees gathered on the streets as usual, kneeling on the ground, praying in the direction of Allah, and praying for Allah to give them more rewards. "Thank Allah for giving us the opportunity to worship you, and thank you for everything you have given us."

Halfway through the worship, a fist-sized stone fell from the sky and hit a person's head by chance, and the person immediately screamed. The worship was interrupted, and the refugees raised their prostrate heads and saw a crowd of people holding sticks not far away.

"Thank God for everything he gave you? We gave you those things. You ungrateful parasites! Get out of America!" Before they could react, these people rushed over waving sticks. The young man at the front smashed the baseball bat in his hand on the refugee's head before he could get up. The unfortunate refugee's head was bleeding, and he screamed and fell to the ground, his life or death unknown.

"Get out of America! Spit out all our food!"

The anger that the American people had accumulated for too long was vented on these refugees.

Soon, a large number of police arrived at the scene, controlled the chaotic situation, and arrested some attackers. At this time, the injured refugees were lying on the ground, and many were rushed to the hospital for treatment.

"These damn bastards, they regard this place as their own home?" President Wilkie also had no good feelings towards these refugees, and it can be said that he hated them with gnashing teeth. "Suppress them immediately! Never tolerate them!"

"But if we suppress them, the public opinion of the international community may be unfavorable to us." The last time these refugees who had just arrived in the United States clashed with local residents, Pope Pius XII of the Vatican came forward to publish a broadcast "Let the world be filled with love", calling on the American people to accept these poor people with love and give them a piece of bread, a glass of water, and a place to sleep.

If these refugees are suppressed this time, if Pope Pius XII condemns the US government, I don't know how the people will react.

"Damn it!" President Wilkie cursed fiercely. "Then try to expel these marching crowds as much as possible, and try not to cause any deaths."