"Caliph," or khalifa, means "successor" in Arabic, and by taking the title, al-Baghdadi has declared himself the chief imam and political and military leader of all Muslims. The last caliphate ...

Puntland Defense Forces posed next to a sign in Arabic that proclaimed the mountain town of Sheebaab as a “province” of the ...

The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're ...

Some Sunni religious leaders in the region have also ... leading to the appointment of Abu Bakr as Islam’s first ruler or caliph. Shiites, however, believed that leadership should stay within ...

"This statement is both misleading and damaging to the image and reputation of Bangladesh, a nation whose traditional practice of Islam ... ‘Islamist caliphate’.” "Political leaders and ...

Days later, an outlawed group held a large march demanding an Islamic caliphate. As Bangladesh tries ... The Islamist leaders are insisting that Bangladesh erect an “Islamic government ...

While speaking about the ideology of an "Islamic caliphate" during ... link the country to any form of ‘Islamist caliphate’.” “Political leaders and public figures should base their ...

Kosovar Albanians in Pristina wave portraits celebrating the US leaders at a 2019 event ... greet delegations from the West. Islamic State’s vision of a caliphate was defeated on the battlefield ...

DHAKA: Reacting to remarks made by US director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, the interim govt on Monday said ...

US-backed forces declared in 2019 that the Islamic State (IS ... At its peak, when the group’s self-styled caliphate controlled vast territories in Iraq and Syria, oil sales dominated its ...