Treaty of Tripoli
The Treaty of Tripoli was a 1796 peace treaty between the United States and Tripoli.
It is notable for Article 11, which reads:
- "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 tranquillity, 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."
It was signed at Tripoli on November 4, 1796 and in Algiers on January 3, 1797 by Joel Barlow, the American consul there.
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