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June 10, 2006
Malta: Islanders Want Symbol of Resistance Against Muslim Invasion To Adorn Euro Coin
In a shocking outcome which proves that the people of Malta remember well the centuries of Muslim invasions, the people on this Mediterranean island overwhelmingly want the Maltese Cross to adorn their Euro coin, reports the Times of Malta.
About 60 percent of those in the paper's online poll supported the cross, as opposed to 14 percent for Malta's coat of arms, and 13 percent for the baptism of Christ. According to other polls, this last option was the leader going into the voting, even though it has been a source of heated debate on this island of 400,000. Those against the baptism said faith and money should not mix. Malta, which joined the EU on May 1, 2004, will adopt the Euro on Jan. 1, 2008.
"Most of those who opted for the Maltese cross did so because of the historical implications - even if in reality the image will be minted on a coin no bigger than a few centimetres in circumference,'' wrote the Times. ``One respondent based his vote on events dating back 500 years - he said he would opt for the Maltese cross simply to taunt the Turks who were hoping to join the EU!''
Some Maltese voters suggested including the year 1565 on the coins, in reference to the Great Siege. In the mid 1500s the Ottoman Turks had established hegemony over most of the Mediterranean and the Balkans. Europe, which was divided by conflict between Protestants and Catholics, was wide open to invasion. Malta, home to the Roman Catholic order of the Maltese Knights, officially known as the Knights of St. John, was the last remaining obstacle to an invasion of the continent.
The Turks had succeeded in driving the Knights of St. John from Rhodes in 1522, and they planned to do the same on Malta. In May 1565, an invading Muslim armada of about 40,000 appeared just offshore. Grand Master Jean de la Valette led about 600 knights, plus 2,000 European soldiers and 3,000 armed Maltese peasants in a desperate defense of the island from several powerful forts.
The Knights held out for four months, inflicting stunning casualties on the invaders, until about 8,000 soldiers came from Sicily arrived and helped drive out the invaders.
The final casulaties: Ottomans suffered between 25,000-35,000 dead. The Knights had only 600 men remaining who could bear arms, and about 7,000 Maltese men, women and children had been killed.
Posted by at June 10, 2006 7:32 AM
Comments
The recent hand-wringing regarding England's flag and other reality-evading tripe is laughable to say the least.
Who has asked Turkey to remove the crescent from their flag, because of the memories of jihad and conquest it brings to the surface? Who has asked the Saudis to remove the sword from their flag because of the distant and recent memories of jihadists smiting infidels at the neck? Who has asked Pakistan to change their flag from Islamic green and to remove their crescent?
Double standards...it is infiltration 'behind enemy lines' and the covert form of jihad eroding our culture and history.
Cry me a river, oh worshipers of the pedophile...you can continue to try to impose your intellectually-challenged will on the West, but ultimately you will create more opposed to your garbage.
Posted by: anathema ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.westernresistance.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at June 10, 2006 10:33 AM
The Spirit of Malta is indeed something to remember to counter the the spirit of Appeasement and the spirit of "political correctness." Remember Malta!
Posted by: Theway2k at June 10, 2006 7:32 PM
Among other memorable events in the Great Siege, one answer by De La Valette is worth mentioning. To a Turkish negotiator who was offering the usual inducements, the Grand Master answered - pointing to the moat - that he was quite willing to grant the whole area of the moat to the Sultan, as long as he was willing to pile the whole of it with dead Turks.
Posted by: Paolo at June 11, 2006 10:14 AM
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