Oruç Reis: The Breaker of Chains

Before Oruç Reis became a formidable naval commander in the Mediterranean, he had experienced captivity himself.

Years later, his ships would sail those same waters as Muslims fleeing persecution in al-Andalus desperately sought freedom.

This is the story of Oruç Reis, the Ottoman-era corsair who helped rescue Muslims from the shores of Spain, and a reminder that the suffering of the Ummah was never meant to be someone else’s problem.