You only think you’re joking.
Among other things, Twain quoted 1860 Turkish census figures that showed a Jewish plurality in Jerusalem, decades before Zionism. Islamo-bullies and their dhimmis wouldn’t care for that inconvenient truth at all.
I know, I spent five years of my History self taught course ,reading exploration, on the Byzantine Story. I find the ignorance of the American people about Middle Eastern History deplorable.