Tens of thousands of pilgrims arrived in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday ahead of Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite ...

Twelve days after Israel began its air offensive against Iran, the war ended as suddenly as it began, almost without notice. In Israel, apart from the 28 persons who died as a result of Iran’s missile ...

The Umayyad Caliphate once ruled a vast Islamic empire, but internal divisions, social unrest, and rising opposition led to ...

“Muawiya,” a controversial new series that offers a bold retelling of Islamic history, is a sign of Mohammed bin Salman’s determination to break with religious fundamentalists.

Moawiya is the founder of the Umayyad Caliphate or the Umayyad Empire which ruled from 661 to 750 with its borders stretching from Central Asia in the East and North Africa in the west.

Damascus, SANA- For the first time since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s criminal and oppressive regime in Syria, Syrian citizens gathered in Umayyad Square in the capital, Damascus, to celebrate ...

Today, March 3, 2025, marks the 101st anniversary of the fall of the Khilafah, when the Ottoman Caliphate was officially abolished by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

The series highlights the story of Muawiya I, the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, which is considered the point of contention between Sunni and Shia Muslims.

“Syria had it all: deep antiquity – ancient Mesopotamia, the early origins of villages and writing, development of complex societies, all the way up to incredible Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine ...

IS gained global attention in 2014 when it captured large parts of Iraq and Syria and established a so-called Islamic caliphate. Between 2014 and 2016, when the group was at the height of its ...

Their differing ambitions—revival of the Ottoman Empire vs. restoration of the Umayyad Caliphate—place them on a potential collision course. Op-ed.

Considered among the largest empires, the Umayyad Caliphate was founded in 632 CE. The Umayyad Caliphate, the second of the four major Arab caliphates established after Muhammad's death ...