https://www.wnd.com/2023/09/9-11-day-victory-jihad/
Enter Jean Parisot de Valette (1494–1568), the Grand Master of the Knights: “His disposition is rather sad,” wrote a contemporary, but “for his age [71], he is very robust” and “very devout.” As the Muslim sails approached, he explained to his men what was at stake: “A formidable army composed of audacious barbarians is descending on this island,” he warned; “these persons, my brothers, are the enemies of Jesus Christ. Today it is a question of the defense of our faith as to whether the book of the Evangelist [the Gospel] is to be superseded by that of the Quran? God on this occasion demands of us our lives, already vowed to His service. Happy will those be who first consummate this sacrifice.”