Shortly after the Egypt uprisings began, Beck used two chalkboards to 'explain' what was happening there and went on to suggest this was merely the beginning of an new caliphate that would see ...

A careful study of the first caliphate (632-661 C.E.) demonstrates that the ISIS caliphate launched by Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in Iraq is a non-starter. A viable Islamic caliphate would most ...

The organization is a decentralized, transnational Islamist movement dedicated to the mission of establishing a global ...

New research suggests the engraving, which shows an elite individual sitting in a boat, may be up to 5,100 years old ...

While the idea of a caliphate is used and twisted by Islamists for sinister and brutal ends, ... In 2013, when the Egyptian military toppled president Mohammed Morsi, ...

Understanding the history of the caliphate and its powerful symbolism is key to comprehending what the Islamic State’s declaration means. It’s the latest salvo in an inter-Muslim battle for ...

End of the Caliphate. Share. Resize. Advertisement. BEST OF Books & Arts in Review. Spring Reading Is Here. ... They had occupied Egypt for three decades, though it was nominally under Turkish rule.

Supporters of the Islamic State march in Mosul, Iraq, in 2014, the year the militant group declared a new caliphate in Iraq and Syria. (Associated Press) Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow in the ...

In Egypt, the Sinai province carried out a hundred and fifty attacks; ... So the ISIS caliphate may have faced an ignominious defeat, but the Syrian quagmire is far from over.