Victim status? So the muslims weren't under attack by the Pagan tribes in Arabia? Really how did we start the war with them? Tariq ibn-Ziyad invaded Spain after many pirate incursions into morrocca crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. As for Italy that was purely for conquest done by the OTTOMANS. I don't agree with war for conquest. How did the Byzantine empire get to Iraq, Syria, etc? There is no shortage of conquest in your history.