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 ...

But the word caliphate still evokes the idea of a glorious and unified Islamic civilization, which is what the first caliphates were.

A century ago, the fledgling state of Turkey sent the last caliph Abdulmecid II into exile and consigned an Islamic institution to history The first caliph, Selim I (1470-1520), who assumed power ...

At first, “Caliphate” was a triumph for the New York Times. The 10-part podcast series following terrorism correspondent Rukmini Callimachi as she revealed the dark nature of the Islamic State ...

The first Caliphate following Mohammed's death is called the Rashidun Caliphate. It was ruled by the first four caliphs we previously mentioned, and was, as successions involving power usually are ...

The self-proclaimed Islamic State has just named its new leader. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qorashi takes the place of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the man who declared the so-called Islamic State ...

“The first caliphs are considered the golden age of the Islamic caliphate,” because they knew the prophet and had his example rather than relying on stories that are further removed from his ...

There are three views among Muslim scholars regarding the caliphate. The first is that the caliphate is a sacred institution – it is universal and necessary for all Muslims.

The first four caliphs or successors — Abu Bakr ibn Qhuafah, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Uthman ibn Affan and Ali ibn Abi Talib — comprise the first caliphate known as the Rashidun Caliphate or the ...

Then, on July 5 of last year, he stepped into the pulpit of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, to deliver a Ramadan sermon as the first caliph in generations—upgrading his resolution from ...

At first, "Caliphate" was a triumph for The New York Times. The 10-part podcast series following terrorism correspondent Rukmini Callimachi as she revealed the dark nature of the Islamic State and ...