Knights Templar International has posted footage of migrants being forced to the ground and tied up

The Knights Templar were founded in 1119 by wealthy knights sworn to protect Christian pilgrims from thieving brigands in the Holy Land.

The French theologian Bernard of Clairvaux elevated the templars to the status of holy warriors, using bloodthirsty language: “When he inflicts death it is to Christ’s profit, and when he suffers death, it is for his own gain.”

The order was disbanded in 1309 but an organisation with the same name was launched in the 19th century as a humanitarian, chivalrous and charitable order that flourishes to this day.

Neither bears a resemblance to the self-styled Knights Templar International (KTI) which has been started on the internet and scuttles around the lunatic fringes of eastern European anti-immigration, ultra-nationalist and Islamophobic hate groups.

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