Was there any attempts from the Islamic word to colonize the Americas?

by Efrain295

I'm honestly curious if there were any attempt of any Islamic power to colonize the Americas and if not, why?

mormengil

I posted a recent answer to a similar question here:

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/35n8hv/were_there_ever_any_islamic_attempts_to_colonize/

It mainly covered reasons why there was no attempt by the Ottoman Empire to colonize the new world.