Crusade (disambiguation)

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Categories: Disambiguation

The word Crusade or Crusader could represent:

• The Crusades refers to the nine historical European-Christian military expeditions to the Muslim-controlled Holy Land. The term "crusaders" refers to those taking part in those campaigns.
  • In English, the term "crusade" has come to refer to any type of campaign that is conducted with an emphasis on zeal and persistence. Compare with Muslim "jihad."
• A contemporary attack against Islam, whether perceived or real, asserted to be of similar nature or basis as the historic Crusades:
  • The Tenth Crusade, a name applied to the "War on Terror"
  • The New Crusade - a book on U.S. policy post-9/11
  • Imperial Hubris - a book on U.S. policy post-9/11
• An American self propelled artillery project, XM2001 Crusader
• A British Cruiser tank of WWII, the Crusader tank
• Operation Crusader was a British attack in North African campaign in World War II
• A US Navy fighter jet, F-8 Crusader
• United States Marine Corps fixed wing fighter-attack squadron 122 (VMFA-122) Crusaders
• Television series, Crusade (TV series)

• The computer game series, Crusader (computer game).
• The Crusaders Christian Youth Movement
• Comic book character Batman is known as the Caped Crusader
• The Crusaders, a jazz and R&B group popular in the 1970s
• Crusader (album), the debut album by New Zealand rapper Scribe
• The Crusade, a serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
• The Crusader jet speedboat in which John Cobb crashed fatally.
• The Canterbury Crusaders are a rugby team from New Zealand.
• The Celtic Crusaders are a rugby league team from Wales.
• Athletes at Valparaiso University are referred to as the Crusaders, and the school's mascot is a caricaturized version of a crusader knight.
• Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational Christian mission organization.