Group's Leap from Recruitment to Ruthless Violence Threatens Regional SecurityBy Steven Kefas(Kaduna), The tranquil morning of July 2nd, 2025, shattered into chaos as Lakurawa terrorists, led ...

Shiite Islam offers Iranians a standard it views as just. Iran calls itself an Islamic republic. Many Iranians may appreciate ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities on Thursday arrested four staff members of state TV, accusing them of insulting the first caliph of Sunni Muslims and close ally of the Prophet Muhammad ...

Iranian authorities have arrested four staff members of state TV, accusing them of insulting the first caliph of Sunni Muslims and close ally of the Prophet Muhammad, state TV reported.

The TV series Mo'aweyah, centered around the life of Muawiya, who is considered the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty, has caused quite a stir in Iraq, Egypt, and beyond. The first two ...

The first caliphate, known as the Rashidun or Orthodox Caliphate, was established in 632 following the death of Muhammad and had four caliphs. The third of these, Uthman ibn Affan, Muhammad’s ...

Why was there an abandoned Turkish -style tomb in the wilderness of western India? Abdulmecid II: a caliph in exile Trying to answer this was why we found ourselves in India in the first place.

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 ...

But the Caliphate would crumble within years. In Iraq and Syria, different coalitions were formed to defeat the IS. The first setback came in Kobane, a Kurdish town on the Syrian-Turkish border ...

The Sokoto Caliphate: Book helps correct historical errors around Jihad of Dan Fodio — Emir of Zazzau First published 54 years ago by Longmans, Green Co in 1967, The Sokoto Caliphate is the ...