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Columbus the Crusader

Raymond Ibrahim · Raymond Ibrahim

Oct 12, 2026 · 1 min listen · Last updated October 12, 2026

Today, on Columbus Day, you would do well to remember, or merely realize, that there was another side to Christopher Columbus that neither those who love or hate him acknowledge: he was both a pious Christian and a militant crusader devoted to reconquering the Holy Land from Islam.

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Today, on Columbus Day, you would do well to remember, or merely realize, that there was another side to Christopher Columbus that neither those who love or hate him acknowledge: he was both a pious Christian and a militant crusader devoted to reconquering the Holy Land from Islam.

Indeed, it was precisely the fusion of these two traits that caused Columbus to sail the ocean blue in 1492.

The evidence for this is overwhelming—though it has long been suppressed.

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