Original sentence: " Others also see the defeat of modern "crusaders" as a triumph for their respective causes, of Arab independence and Pan-Islamism.Critics of the view deny a material or relevant connection between the Crusades and current events, claiming the War on Terrorism is a strictly secular one, without religious pretext or overtones.Eastern Orthodoxy.In ordinary use, the terms "crusade" and "jihad" tend to mirror each other, and both terms similarly tend to be viewed by the other as terms for aggression directed toward them.In the Islamic world, however, the Crusades are regarded as cruel and savage onslaughts by European Christians upon Islamic culture.Many in the Arab world refer to modern Western aggression directed toward them as a "crusade
Edited sentence: Critics further claim that the link is irrelevant, and that its proponents use the term as an insult of Christendom.Critics of the view deny a material or relevant connection between the Crusades and current events, claiming the War on Terrorism is strictly secular and without religious pretext or overtones.In the Islamic world, however, the Crusades continue to be regarded as cruel and savage onslaughts by "the Franks" on cultured Islam, and so, for example, some of the rhetoric of Islamic fundamentalists uses the term "crusade" in this emotional context to refer to Western moves against them, and sees the crusaders' ultimate defeat as a triumph for modern Pan-Arabism