A radical Islamic group in Somalia said Friday it will fight the pirates holding a Saudi supertanker loaded with $100 million worth of crude oil. Abdelghafar Musa, a fighter with the al-Shabab ...

Jefferson Versus the Muslim Pirates. America’s first confrontation with the Islamic world helped forge a new nation’s character. / Public Safety ... and Victory in Tripoli: How America’s War with the ...

Since the early 18th century, one symbol has spelled terror for sailors the world over like no other. Although it most ...

Sayyida al-Hurra was born in 1485 to a wealthy Muslim family. She was the daughter of Mulay Ali Ibn Rashid and Lalla Zohra Fernandez. She was the last person in Islamic history to hold the title ...

Islamic conquest and Barbary pirates. In 711 CE, Muslim forces launched an invasion of Europe from Moroccan shores, led by Tariq ibn Ziyad, an Amazigh convert to Islam who governed Tangier.