[Stonewall Jackson]

I'd also look at forming an alliance with Somaliland. This breakaway republic has been independent from the rest of Somalia since 1991 and has been one of the few stable countries in the Horn of Africa since then. Although their government is not recognized by any nation, Somaliland’s military has been a strong ally in combating terrorism in the region and also fighting the pirates that are based out of Somalia proper or Puntland, another semi-autonomous region (a number of the captured pirates are “police officers” from Puntland.

[Eleutheria5]

By all means. Anything that fragments the Islamic empire further. “Two peoples, two states,” after all, and if they’re stable that’s icing on the cake.