The treaty was with the Bey of Algers and of Tunesia. Independent rulers of North African city states under (very) nominal Ottoman rule.
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any > sense, founded on the Christian religion,as it has in itself no character > of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen,and as > the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any > Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from > religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony > existing between the two countries." > > Nice quote. > > Just for background, this treaty was dealing with the Muslim pirates off the > coast of Africa. These pirates used the fact that the ships they were > raiding were not Muslim as one reason for the legitimacy of piracy. > -- Larry C. Lyons web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons -- The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. - B. F. Skinne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320698 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
