@lockeproposal and anyone else who cares to chip in.
When did Europe forget that Islam was at war with it?
I saw this yesterday and the average European would have been well aware of Barbary raids etc if they lived along the shoreline. Islam has been trying to take Europe for a long time.
I saw [this](https://youtu.be/c7y2LRcf4kc) yesterday and the average European would have been well aware of Barbary raids etc if they lived along the shoreline. Islam has been trying to take Europe for a long time.
For sure, it is a conflict that has been going on for centuries. I think the post-colonial era made Europe think that it was all ancient history and they had nothing to fear from their former subjects who just want to bask in their (fading) glory of European power and culture.
For sure, it is a conflict that has been going on for centuries. I think the post-colonial era made Europe think that it was all ancient history and they had nothing to fear from their former subjects who just want to bask in their (fading) glory of European power and culture.
Interesting question. Europe controlled much of the Muslim world from the early 1900s through the post-WW2 era. So at least the governments were aware of Islam. Of course, political Islam wasn't as radicalized as it is today. Probably hard to put an exact year on it, but probably in the 1990s when political correctness started to outweigh any legitimate discussion about facts.