@lockeproposal and anyone else who cares to chip in.
When did Europe forget that Islam was at war with it?
I think defining 'war' would also be useful in this context. Whatever 'Islam' is supposed to be, it's far more seriously at war with itself than Europe.
I think defining 'war' would also be useful in this context. Whatever 'Islam' is supposed to be, it's far more seriously at war with itself than Europe.
Define "Europe" and define "Islam". European countries have been at war with Islamic countries at various times throughout all history, and it wasn't until 1908 the last majority Christian nations, Bulgaria and Crete, got independent of the Ottoman empire. I'd call 1923, the year Atatürk became president of Turkey, a major breaking point when Turkey ceased to be a threat to islamize the Balkan.
On the reverse, European countries kept a strong grip on majority muslim North Africa into the middle of the 20th century, with Britain in Egypt, Italy in Libya and France in the rest of the Maghreb. I'd say that Algeria's independence in 1962 was the breaking point for that line of conflict.
So, discounting the Yugoslavian wars in the 1990s, you look back at roughly 50-100 years, dependent on if your country has been rather faced with the Turks or with the North African muslims.