Saladin's army marched out of Cairo singing war songs. A young soldier riding beside Saladin asked why do the Franks hold Jerusalem when it's so holy for us Muslims? 'It's a very long story," said Saladin: The problem is that the city of Jerusalem is holy or the Franks too. Jesus lived much of his life in the city, and also died there lerusalem is the most important place of pilgrimage for people from Europe. but when the Turks took it in 1071, it was more dincult for Europeans to visit. They were angry about that and they decided that they wunted Jerusalem back. They called their campaign a crusade. They came from across the sea and in 1099 they took the holy city. They killed nearly ever one in the place! Now, alter almost a hundred years many Franks are born in Palestine and they think that it's their home