Muslim Americans take pride in Treaty of Peace & Friendship

In December 1777, Moroccan sultan Sidi Muhammad III included America in a list of countries to which Morocco's ports were open.  With that message to foreign consuls for communication to European capitals, Morocco became the first country whose head of state publicly recognized the new United States. Relations were formalized with the Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship negotiated by Thomas Barclay, and signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Muhammad III in 1786. The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Morocco and America continue to stand as the oldest non-broken treaty in United States history.