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Barbary Corsairs
« on: September 02, 2020, 02:11:48 am »
@90sRetroFan

Is it true that Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya are filled with Arab-Berber and they have their own version of "Islam" (except late Muammar Gaddafi and others)?

Also, Barbary Corsairs were in this region with the support from Ottoman Empire.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_pirates

Arab-Berber and their habitats:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab-Berber

Countries with Islam as the state religion:
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Islam_World.svg#mw-jump-to-license
« Last Edit: November 12, 2020, 03:13:58 pm by 90sRetroFan »

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Re: Barbary Corsairs
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2020, 03:13:00 pm »
@Prite

"Is it true that Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya are filled with Arab-Berber and they have their own version of "Islam""

Every country has its own version.

"Barbary Corsairs"

From your link:

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the terms "Barbary pirates" and "Barbary corsairs" are normally applied to the raiders active from the 16th century onwards,

It is possible to interpret them as anti-colonialist guerillas:

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Sayyida al-Hurra was a female Muslim cleric, merchant, governor of Tétouan, and later the wife of the sultan of Morocco.[35][36] She was born around 1485 in the Emirate of Granada, but was forced to flee to Morocco when she was very young to escape the Reconquista. In Morocco, she gathered a crew largely of exiled Moors, and launched pirate expeditions against Spain and Portugal to avenge the Reconquista, protect Morocco from Christian pirates, and seek riches and glory. She co-founded the Barbary Corsairs with her allies the Barbarossa brothers.

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on December 20, 1777, Sultan Mohammed III of Morocco issued a declaration recognizing America as an independent country, and stating that American merchant ships could enjoy safe passage into the Mediterranean and along the coast.[7][8] The relations were formalized with the Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship signed in 1786, which stands as the U.S.'s oldest non-broken friendship treaty[9][10] with a foreign power.

As such, we should be sceptical of their negative portrayals by colonial-era Western historians.

Further reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayyida_al_Hurra

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She was two years old when the Portuguese started their colonial conquest by capturing some ports at the western coast of Morocco starting the year 1487. A few years later, Granada was falling into the hands of the Catholic Monarchs (los Reyes Católicos) Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon
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Sayyida could neither forget nor forgive the humiliation of being forced to flee Granada. In her wish to avenge herself on the "Christian enemy", she turned to piracy.

Moreover:

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Sayyida al Hurra was born around 1485 (Hijri around 890) to a prominent Muslim family of Andalusian nobles who fled to Morocco after the fall of Grenada in 1492.[2][6] She is a descendant of Sharif Abd as-Salam al-Alami,[3] who is a descendant of Hasan ibn Ali[8].

Let's finish the job:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/operation-gaddafi/
« Last Edit: November 12, 2020, 03:36:37 pm by 90sRetroFan »

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Re: Barbary Corsairs
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2021, 11:03:40 pm »
Just found this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_clothing#Ottoman_influence_on_Western_female_dress

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Interactions between Ottomans and Britons occurred throughout history, but in the 18th century, European visitors and residents in the Ottoman Empire markedly increased, and exploded in the 19th century.[1] As such, fashion is one method to gauge the increased interactions. Historically, Europeans clothing was more delineated between male and female dress. Hose and trousers were reserved for men, and skirts were for women.[2] Conversely, in the Ottoman Empire, the male and female dress was more similar. A common item worn by both was the şalvar, a voluminous undergarment in white fabric shaped like what is today called "harem pants".[3] To British women traveling in the Ottoman Empire, the şalvar quickly became a symbol of freedom because they observed that Ottoman women had more rights than British women did. Lady Mary Wortley Montague (1689–1762), whose husband was the British Ambassador to Constantinople, noted in her travels in her "Embassy Letters" that Ottoman women "possessed legal property rights and protections that far surpassed the rights of Western women".[4] These female travelers often gained an intimate view of Ottoman culture, since as women, they had easier access to the Muslim Elite harems than did men.[5] Şalvar successfully spread into Europe at the end of the 19th century as various female suffragists and feminists used şalvar as a symbol of emancipation. Other British women of distinction, such as Lady (Janey) Archibald Campbell (1845–1923), and Lady Ottoline (Violet Anne) Morrell (1873–1938) wore şalvar "in an attempt to symbolize their refusal of traditional British standards and sexual differences".[6] Şalvar also spread beyond Europe when Amelia Jenks Bloomer modified these "Turkish trousers" to create American "bloomers".[7]

This is why anti-sexists should be anti-Western.
« Last Edit: February 11, 2021, 11:05:21 pm by 90sRetroFan »

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Grace O’Malley, the Fearless 16th-Century Irish Pirate Queen Who Stood Up to the English
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She debated with Queen Elizabeth I, sat at the head of a prosperous pirate empire, and told the English where to go.
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If asked to name a pirate from history, many people will mention Blackbeard or Captain William Kidd. If pressed to name a female pirate, they might mention Anne Bonny, who terrorized the Caribbean alongside Captain "Calico" Jack Rackham in the early 18th century. Anne Bonny, however, was far from the only female pirate to terrorize the seas. More than a century before Bonny's birth, another woman ruled the waves, debated with Queen Elizabeth I, and sat at the head of a prosperous pirate empire. She was Grace O'Malley, Pirate Queen.
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