NYcarbineer
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--------------------------------------------------------- all it shows is that muslims are very warlike and aggressive and have been since the invention of islam , See the muslim invasion of Spain and other parts of Europe Carbineer !!------------------------------- same thing for this post that's just above , its a pretty senseless post Carbineer !!You obviously don't know the history of Thomas Jefferson and The Barbary Wars. It was a necessity for Jefferson to fully understand the Koran since it was being used as the justification for the kidnapping and ransom of American merchant ships and sailors by the then Islamic Barbary states. Since Jefferson was a scholar he was interested also in the fact that the Koran was both a religious text and a book of laws. But he was by no means a fan of Islam.
Oh for chrissakes, a few years later the British were burning down the Whitehouse. How many of them were Muslims?
Rightwing nuts always dredge up the fucking Barbary pirates to try to prove some insane point about Islam. The British killed more Americans in the 18th/19th century than did Muslims. So did the Indians, for that matter. And the Canadians. And the Mexicans.
Instead, why don't we look at the invasion, occupation, and colonization of dozens of Muslim countries by the European powers?