I asked Grok to list all the countries that were colonized by Muslims

Twitter ^ | May 12, 2025 | Daniel Alman from Squirrel Hill @DanielAlmanPGH

[RetiredTexasVet]

Where is UK, Ireland, France, etc?

[Jan_Sobieski]

Zamboanga (southern Philippines) is Muslim. It was colonized by the same group that colonized Indonesia

[mbj]

+1

[ProtectOurFreedom]

And Europe, UK, and North America.

[Fury]

Re: Islam - a safe trip to the Middle East, President Trump. It can be an unsafe place.

[daniel1212]

Then there is:

Russian Empire, USSR, and Russian Federation: Countries Invaded or Occupied

Russian Empire

• Poland (multiple invasions, partitions in the 18th century)
• Finland (conquests, wars with Sweden)
• Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
• Georgia (annexed in 1801, later expanded)
• Azerbaijan, Armenia (Caucasus campaigns)
• Crimea (conquest from the Crimean Khanate)
• Central Asian Khanates (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan)
• Moldova (Bessarabia)
• Romania (various wars)
• Persia (Iran) (Russo-Persian wars)
• Turkey (Ottoman Empire) (multiple wars and occupations)
• Manchuria/China (Russo-Japanese War, Boxer Rebellion involvement)
• Afghanistan (Great Game interventions)

Soviet Union (USSR)

• Poland (1920, 1939)
• Finland (1939–1940, Winter War)
• Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (1940 annexations)
• Romania (Bessarabia, 1940)
• Hungary (1956, crushed Hungarian Revolution)
• Czechoslovakia (1968, Prague Spring)
• Germany (Eastern Germany, 1945–1990 occupation)
• Austria (1945–1955 occupation)
• Iran (1941–1946, joint British-Soviet occupation)
• Manchuria/China (1945)
• Afghanistan (1979–1989, full-scale invasion and occupation)
• Mongolia (interventions in 1920s, 1930s)
• Korea (North Korea, 1945 occupation zone)
• Moldova (Transnistria, support for separatists post-1991)
• Yemen, Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Congo, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Egypt, Syria, Cuba (military interventions, advisors, and support for communist regimes or insurgencies)
• China (1929–1930, border conflicts, support for communists)
• Japan (Sakhalin, Kuril Islands, 1945)
• Other Eastern European countries (puppet regimes, Warsaw Pact interventions)

Russian Federation (Post-1991)

• Moldova (Transnistria, 1992, support for separatists)
• Georgia (Abkhazia and South Ossetia, 1992–1993; full-scale invasion 2008)
• Tajikistan (civil war intervention, 1992–1997)
• Chechnya (First and Second Chechen Wars, 1994–1996, 1999–2009)
• Ukraine (Crimea annexation 2014, Donbas war 2014–present, full-scale invasion 2022)
• Syria (military intervention, 2015–present)
• Kazakhstan (2022, CSTO intervention during unrest)
• Nagorno-Karabakh (peacekeeping role post-2020 war)

Summary Table: Countries Invaded or Occupied

Era	Countries/Regions (selected major examples)
Russian Empire	Poland, Finland, Baltics, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Crimea, Central Asia, Moldova, Romania, Persia, Turkey, Manchuria, Afghanistan
Soviet Union	Poland, Finland, Baltics, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Austria, Iran, Manchuria, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Korea, Moldova, Yemen, Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Congo, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Egypt, Syria, Cuba, China, Japan, Eastern Europe
Russian Federation	Moldova, Georgia, Tajikistan, Chechnya, Ukraine, Syria, Kazakhstan, Nagorno-Karabakh

Total Count

• Russian Empire: At least 12–15 modern countries or regions.
• Soviet Union: Over 20 modern countries, including direct invasions and military occupations.
• Russian Federation: At least 8 countries with direct military intervention or occupation since 1991.

Combined, the Russian state (in its various forms) has invaded or militarily intervened in at least 25–30 modern countries over the past two centuries. The exact number can vary depending on how one defines "invasion" versus "military intervention" or "occupation," but the above list covers the major, internationally recognized cases. - https://www.perplexity.ai/search/i-contend-that-atheism-is-a-po-neQZZp0PQIGqXZIM6YBm8g#50

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[daniel1212]

Why did you post that? Because the Left prootes Islam as peaceful?

Conquest and colonization is the history of our species. It’s perfectly normal. Are you complaining Muslims do it better than Christians?

New Testament Christianity did not militarily conquer countries, but its faith and culture enabled certain countries to defeat countries which sought to conquer them, by the grace of God.

[grundle]

I know that colonization is the history of our species. But the crazy, woke, radical left only complains when Christians or Jews do it. They give Muslims a pass.

[Resolute Conservative]

It is an opinion so mind yours. I have been to both, while they are not as bad as the others, they have issues that I would not want to tolerate everyday living there.

[Albion Wilde]

Although there are small groups of islamists in Hungary, Greece, Sicily and Spain, they are by no means a majority. Here are two recent census numbers:

Religion in Hungary: In the national census of 2022, 42.5% of the population identified themselves as Christians, of various denominations. Only 1.3% are adherents of other religions—Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Baháʼí, Taoism, paganism, and New Age.

Religion in Greece: Christianity, chiefly Greek Orthodox, represented 81% of the total population in 2022 and is constitutionally recognized as the "prevailing religion" of Greece. Religions with smaller numbers: Islam (2%), other Christian denominations (1%), atheists (14.7%).

[logi_cal869]

Great points.