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The '''Treaty of Tripoli''' was a peace agreement made between the [[United States]] and Tripoli. It was drafted and signed by the Bey in [[Algiers]] in 1796, the ratified by Congress and signed by President [[John Adams]] in 1797.

The '''Treaty of Tripoli''' was a peace agreement made between the [[United States]] and Tripoli. It was drafted and signed by the Bey in [[Algiers]] in 1796, the ratified by Congress and signed by President [[John Adams]] in 1797.

The treaty has been lauded by [[atheists]] in modern times because of Article 11, which states, in part, that "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." However, this is taken out of context, as the entire clause actually reads, {{Cquote|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 Musselmen [Muslims] and as the said States [America] have 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.<ref>https://wallbuilders.com/treaty-of-tripoli/</ref>}}

The treaty has been lauded by [[atheists]] in modern times because of Article 11, which states, in part, that "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." However, this is taken out of context, as the entire clause actually reads, {{Cquote|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 Musselmen [Muslims] and as the said States [America] have 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.<ref>[https://wallbuilders.com/treaty-of-tripoli/ Treaty of Tripoli</ref>}}

As shown above, the treaty was just stating the terms of the relationship between the United States and Tripoli and that religion could never serve as a reason to break the treaty. Also, when the treaty was broken in 1801 and a new one was agreed to in 1805, the quote regarding the US and the Christian religion was removed, but the rest of the text of the treaty, including Article 11, was mostly identical.<ref>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2016/05/secularists-please-stop-quoting-the-treaty-of-tripoli/</ref>

As shown above, the treaty was just stating the terms of the relationship between the United States and Tripoli and that religion could never serve as a reason to break the treaty. Also, when the treaty was broken in 1801 and a new one was agreed to in 1805, the quote regarding the US and the Christian religion was removed, but the rest of the text of the treaty, including Article 11, was mostly identical.<ref>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2016/05/secularists-please-stop-quoting-the-treaty-of-tripoli/</ref>