But sorta related. 11 September 1683, when the Ottomans were at the peak of their expansion into Europe---gathering slaves, ravaging, converting at swordpoint, that is Muslims behaving normally. Vienna was saved by a Pole, when no one else could be bothered.
The Ottomans and Arabs were big slavers. They took almost twice as many African slaves as came to North and South America. Look around the Western Hemisphere from Canada to the tip of Chile, you can see the legacy of that movement from Africa. Look around the lands of the ancient caliphate...where'd they all go?
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