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Salad ed-Din Yusuf, more commonly known as Saladin, had been one of the Muslim generals who had played a prominent part in keeping Almaric's forces at bay during the Egyptian campaigns of the 1160s, and he was to come into his own after Nur ed-Din's death by forging alliances and creating unity between the various Muslim kingdoms with the intention of continuing the jihad (holy war) against the Franks.

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However, there was one segment of the Frankish population that he felt outright hatred for, perhaps because he understood how fanatical they were in their commitment to the Christian cause - he detested, possibly even feared, the military orders.

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Muslim custom decrees that a man who is offered food or water shall be spared. After his capture, Saladin offered a glass of water to King Guy, who gratefully accepted it. The glass was not offered to Reginald of Chatillon, the most hated man in the whole East; instead, Reginald was offered the choice of conversion or death, and he refused to convert. Saladin wasted no more time and personally decapitated him. The Templar and Hospitaller captives were given the same ultimatum - apostasy or death. Saladin's hatred of the military order was founded upon his belief that they were the most fanatical of the Frankish warriors, and the aftermath of Hattin proved him right. The Templar were so eager for martyrdom that there was almost a stampede to be the first to be beheaded. All 230 Templar prisoners - and those of the Hospital - were executed. Only Gerard de Ridefort was spared.

Source : The Knights Templar : The History and Myths of the Legendary Military Order page 74 on Archive.org

Read online at :  https://archive.org/details/knightstemplarhi00mart

I'm sure that the European and "American" rightist support the Templars



Illustration of Knights Templar soldiers

Source : https://www.livescience.com/knights-templar.html

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