The Armies of Islam Marched Into Europe...

For 1,300 years, the story has repeated itself.

Again and again, the armies of Islam marched into Europe. Again and again, they were defeated. Some battles were close, some were miracles, but all were necessary. Without them, Europe as we know it would not exist.

732: The Battle of Tours

In 732, a vast Muslim army swept north from Spain. For 20 years, the Moors had rampaged through the Iberian Peninsula, destroying Visigothic rule. Their leader, Abdul Rahman, wanted more. France lay open before him, its riches unguarded. If he succeeded, nothing would stop him from reaching the heart of Europe.

Then came Charles Martel. With an army of Frankish warriors, he met the invaders near Tours. For six days, they stared each other down. On the seventh, the Muslims charged. The Franks held. At some point in the chaos, Abdul Rahman was killed, and his army broke. Europe was saved. The Moors never ventured that far north again.

1456: The Siege of Belgrade

By the 15th century, the Ottomans were ascendant. Constantinople had fallen in 1453. The road to Central Europe was open. The next obstacle was Belgrade. If the city fell, the Balkans would collapse. The path to Vienna and Rome would be clear.

Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople, brought a massive force. But the defenders, led by John Hunyadi and a Franciscan preacher named John of Capistrano, refused to yield. Against all odds, they turned the tide. The defenders stormed the Ottoman camp, routed the invaders, and saved Hungary. It was one of the greatest upsets in history.

1565: The Great Siege of Malta

In 1565, the Ottoman Empire, at the height of its power, sent an armada to destroy the Knights of St. John. Malta was the last Christian stronghold in the Mediterranean. If it fell, the Ottomans would dominate the seas.

The siege was brutal. Outnumbered and abandoned by Europe, the knights fought with superhuman resolve. For months, they held out. When reinforcements finally arrived, the Ottomans fled. The loss shook the empire. It was the beginning of their decline at sea.

1571: The Battle of Lepanto

For centuries, the Ottomans ruled the Mediterranean. No Christian fleet could challenge them. That changed in 1571. Pope Pius V formed a Holy League—Spain, Venice, Genoa, the Papal States, and others. They met the Ottoman navy at Lepanto in the largest naval battle since antiquity.

It was a slaughter. The Christian fleet, led by Don Juan of Austria, obliterated the Ottoman armada. 30,000 Muslim warriors perished. Europe was saved from a new wave of conquests. It was the last great galley battle in history, and the last time the Ottomans seriously threatened to control the Mediterranean.

1683: The Battle of Vienna

The final great invasion came in 1683. A vast Ottoman army marched on Vienna, the gateway to Central Europe. The siege dragged on for months. Starvation and disease ravaged the defenders. The city was days from collapse.

Then came the Polish king, Jan Sobieski, leading an army of 80,000. In one of the largest cavalry charges in history, his winged hussars smashed the Ottomans and sent them fleeing. It was the last time a Muslim army would threaten Europe’s heartland (until now)…

These battles were not accidents. They were the result of necessity. Europe has always been fragmented—divided by language, kingdom, and culture. But when the existential threat came, men put aside their differences and fought.

And won.

Each victory preserved something vital: the continuation of a civilization. A different outcome at Tours, at Malta, at Vienna, and the world would be unrecognizable. A Europe dominated by Islam would have developed differently. No Renaissance. No scientific revolution. No great cathedrals, no symphonies, no Enlightenment.

We take these victories for granted, but we shouldn’t. History moves in cycles. What was once unthinkable becomes possible. What was possible becomes reality. The men who fought at Tours and Vienna were not complacent. They understood the stakes. Do we?

The invasions stopped because people made them stop. That is the lesson.

Today, the invasion looks different, but the results are just as deadly. It is not an army in the traditional sense but an endless wave of illegal migrants. They do not come with banners and cavalry. They come on rafts, on buses, on foot. But they bring the same destruction.

Europe's cities are no longer safe. Women are attacked in broad daylight. Entire neighborhoods are lost. The very people who built these nations are becoming prisoners in their own lands. And when one of these migrants butchers a civilian, the media tells you to look away. To feel guilt. To believe that you deserve this.

But we do not have to accept it.

The men of Tours, Malta, and Vienna were outnumbered. They had every reason to surrender. But they didn’t. They fought. And because they fought, we are here today.

We can still stop this. But only if we recognize the truth. That history is not over. That what happened before can happen again. That Europe belongs to those who will defend it.

Nothing changes because men are distant from Jesus.

People look around and wonder why everything is falling apart. Why families are broken. Why young men are weak. Why young women are lost. Why there is no order, no direction, no meaning.

The answer is simple: we abandoned Christ.

For centuries, European civilization was built on faith. It wasn’t perfect, but it worked. It created men who built cathedrals, who fought for their homes, who raised strong families. It created women who nurtured those families and carried the faith forward. There was a structure to life, a rhythm. People knew who they were because they knew whose they were.

Then, slowly, that foundation was eroded. First, people stopped going to church. Then, they stopped praying. Then, they stopped believing. And once Christ was gone, something else had to fill the void. That something else was comfort, distraction, and, eventually, nihilism.

Today, we are seeing the results. A generation of men who don’t know what they stand for. A generation of women who don’t know what they want. A world where morality is upside down, where virtue is mocked, where people worship money, fame, and pleasure but feel empty inside.

The problem is spiritual. And so is the solution.

If you want to fix your life, get close to Jesus. If you want to fix your country, bring people back to Jesus. There is no political solution without a spiritual revival. No economic reform, no social movement, no intellectual trend can replace faith. Because without God, everything else crumbles.

Young men need to go to church. They need to kneel before God, not before their vices. They need to hear the Gospel, to learn what it means to be a man, to live with discipline, purpose, and courage.

Young women need to do the same. They need to stop following a culture that hates them. They need to embrace the beauty of faith, the strength of real virtue, the path that leads to something higher than themselves.

This is how we win. Not just politically. Not just culturally. But spiritually.

Because the fight isn’t just against bad policies or corrupt elites. It’s against the forces of destruction that have been trying to tear civilization apart for centuries. The same forces that tried to destroy Europe in the past. The same forces that were defeated by men who had faith.

They won because they believed. They believed in something higher than themselves. They believed in God. And because they believed, they fought. And because they fought, we are here today.

The choice is ours. Stay lost, or return to Christ. It starts with you. It starts now.

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