and in response to Pogo but Sunni brought the subject up . Concerning the 'barbary wars' the pertinent info can be found in paragraphs 4 and 5 of this linked article . muslim reasoning for acceptable piracy of American and ALL other shipping by infidels comes from 'mohammad' as written in the 'koran' . As told to Thomas Jefferson by muslim ambassador of 'tripoli' --- ABD AL RAHMAN --- . --- Thomas Jefferson’s Struggle with Islamic Brutality --- main thing is that according to 'mohammad' , piracy , slavery by muslims is acceptable islamic practice .