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Quote[/b] (bf109k @ Mar. 03 2003,23:48)]Heraclius,
Don't be so fooled that a Jihad never attacked France... after Islam's founding it spread like wildfire.. east, west, and south... they only encountered significant resistance from the Byzantines on Christendom's eastern frontier...
In the west... in Spain... Islamic forces faired much better marching along the Iberian across the Pyrenees and into France... only to be defeated by Charles Martel at Tours in 732 Good job France

Bf 109K - The Last of the Last
Yes, I do know about Charles Martel and Tours but I would not call that a Jihad, at all. It was more of a raiding party from Muslim Spain, which was at the time convulsed with civil wars and Berber rebellions I believe.