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"If you read history... general basic history..." Whitewashing Muslim immigrant lectures Irish people incorrectly on the "Irish fammine" suggesting that the statue in Drogheda, Co. Louth is meant to honour an Islamic empire that assisted starving Irish people, an empire that actually only ever truly sought to invade Europe and other regions.  A series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states took place from the Late Middle Ages up through the early 20th century. Is the tone of this man's argument that Irish people have a lot to be grateful to an Islamic Empire for (and therefore we should stop moaning about excessive immigration perhaps??) Here are some corrections we would like to offer: 1. The "fammine" [famine] was not in the 1940's. It was 1845 to 1852. 2. It was a genocide. Yes, there was a potato blight, but there was plenty of other food available that was shipped out of the country. This equates to starving people. 3. Many say it was not a genocide, but Charles Trevelyan, Assistant Secretary to Her Majesty’s Treasury, 1847 (Knighted, 1848, for his "famine relief" role wasn't very good at his relief job and said the Irish were savages. He wrote "[The Famine] is a punishment from God for an idle, ungrateful, and rebellious country; an indolent and un-self-reliant people. The Irish are suffering from an affliction of God’s providence." 4. The Turkish Ottoman Empire did send around 1,000 pounds of financial aid to Ireland (equivalent to 200,000 euro today) but there is little to no evidence to support the claim that between three and five ships full of food were also sent. There's also no concrete evidence to suggest the Sultan was going to send 10,000 pounds (I am open to correction). 5. This financial aid was actually a relatively small donation compared to contributions given by Irish diaspora, British Protestants, and the Catholic church. 6. There is an attempt in certain quarters (in Ireland and in the Arab world) to overplay the Islamic assistance offered to Irish natives during the famine. If the Ottoman Empire had the chance, it would have taken over every European country and enforced Islam on the people. 7. The sack of Baltimore took place on 20 June 1631, when the village of Baltimore (https://t.co/HFR9khjFiU) in West Cork (https://t.co/37a9ynDRFJ), Ireland (https://t.co/ThiFaOL4FH), was attacked by pirates from the Barbary Coast (https://t.co/tCKUfGV46r) of North Africa – the raiders included Dutchmen (https://t.co/UMonSYeAHj), Algerians (https://t.co/pO0HgnpSmI), and Ottoman Turks (https://t.co/aQRr2od9EM). The attack was the largest by Barbary slave traders (https://t.co/siQmmATzx0) on Ireland.

Wake up as it’s a worldwide invasion. Grandmother at Dublin protest against mass immigration: "I'm here for my children...my grandchildren.....our Celtic race..our culture, our traditions, and our Christian catholic religions, and I don't want Ireland to become an Islam stronghold"