In their lead is a companion of Prophet Muhammad, Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan (605–680), hailed by Sunni Muslims as the father of the Umayyad Caliphate, but reviled by Shiites as the enemy of their revered ...

White T-shirts get a lot of attention, but let’s not forget their equally versatile counterpart: the exceedingly wearable, deceptively simple black T-shirt. It’s a staple you can wear to work ...

They demand khilafat or a caliphate to replace Bangladesh’s flawed democracy. They also want the Islamic rule and Sharia to extend to the neighbourhood, especially India, and the rest of the world.

Canada’s Minister of International Development, Ahmed Hussen, unveiled $272.1 million in new funding on Sunday for foreign aid projects in Bangladesh and the Indo-Pacific region. “Canada ...

The march by the outlawed organisation, which seeks an Islamic Caliphate, comes amid regular shows of strength by radical outfits in Bangladesh that is now being ruled by a caretaker government under ...

Members of the rally titled ‘March for Khilafat’, demanding the establishment of an Islamic caliphate in the country, clashed with the police who used batons and stun grenades to stop the procession.

Founded by the Romans, the city was later ruled by the Visigoths and then became the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate and Europe's second-largest city by the 10th century. The city was then ...

The TV series Mo'aweyah, centered around the life of Muawiya, who is considered the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty ... He was promoted during the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab and ...