Sack of Jerusalem 614 A.D.: Khusru Parviz and his 26000 Helpers
"You say that you trust in your god. Why, then, has he not delivered Jerusalem out of my hands?" "Do not deceive yourself with vain hope in that Christ, who was not even able to save himself from the Jews, who slew him by nailing him to a cross." (Khusru Parviz cited in Percy Sykes, A History of Persia, Macmillan and Co., 1951, p 482)
Khusru Parviz didn't like Christians.
"In A.D. 611 Khusru Parviz, taking advantage of the confusion, again invaded Syria, and after defeating a feeble Roman force sacked Antioch and Apamea. In the following year he invaded Cappadocia for the second time, and in A.D. 614 he took Damascus. From this centre his general in the ensuing year preached a war of extermination against the Christians, and being joined by a body of 26,000 Jews, he besieged, captured, and sacked Jerusalem, carrying off the "True Cross," which was regarded through Christendom as the most sacred treasure in the world." (Percy Sykes, A History of Persia, Macmillan and Co., 1951, p 482)
"It is said that no less than 90,000 Christians perished when Jerusalem fell." (Jerusalem (A.D. 71-1099), Catholic Encyclopedia) “We should kill everyone here [in central Gaza]. Everyone here is a terrorist.” (Israeli Officer cited in Israeli Soldiers Confess to Murders in Gaza during Operation ‘Cast Lead’, Trends Updates, 21 Mar 2009)
"The Anastasis, Martyrion and other Christian sanctuaries were burned or razed to the ground. St. Helena's great relic of the Holy Cross was taken off to Persia in triumph.
WHY
The Jews as a reward for their help were allowed to do as they liked in the city." (Jerusalem (A.D. 71-1099), Catholic Encyclopedia)
- “When entering a house we had to pull the door and start shooting inside, from floor to floor. I wondered how this can make sense.” (Israeli Soldier cited in Israeli Soldiers Confess to Murders in Gaza during Operation ‘Cast Lead’, Trends Updates, 21 Mar 2009)
- 2107 Christians were slaughtered at the sheep pool alone. (Denys Pringle, The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: The city of Jerusalem, Cambridge University Press, 2007, p 390)
1207 monks and nuns in the monasteries on the Mount of Olives were murdered in the same sweep. (Denys Pringle, The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: The city of Jerusalem, Cambridge University Press, 2007, p 72)
