islamic violence against the West in pre 1791 times in Saint Tropez

Submitted by myth (Germany), Jan 31, 2017 at 16:46

Robert, I am afraid you are wrong there were no islamic fighters bothering the West in 1791. I first came across this story in Saint Tropez 20 years ago. Before the days of a topless Brigitte Bardot came quite some years of Burqa-esque era. The Cote d'Azur finally resisted muslim pirates and occupation.
Search and find the sections about "pirates" or "Barbary Pirates".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Tropez

The young United States sailed these waters at the time. So did the British earlier. With the beginning of the 19th century the US actually did fight a war against those pirates who quoted Mohammad to justify enslaving Westerners. In those days the US simply won the war.

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