After the prophet Mohammed died in 632, the Islamic community chose a caliph to lead the faithful. That institution lasted almost 1,300 years until it was abolished in 1924. Since that time, no ...

Al-Baghdadi can keep touting himself as the new caliph, but most Muslims know enough history to recognize him for what he is - a murderous tyrant using religion as to acquire rank political power. So ...

The Caliph of Baghdad, Harun al-Rashid, often traveled about the city in disguise and it was on one of those tours that he met Abu, a poor man with a rich imagination who loved to brag; he called his ...

From the early seventh century, the question of succession became the thorniest, most divisive and indeed the bloodiest issue in Islamic history. Of the first four caliphs, the rulers of the faith ...

When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria boldly declared a caliphate using territorial gains it secured in those two countries, the jihadist group changed its name to the Islamic State. Along with ...

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ISIS confirmed the death of its leader and announced a replacement, apparently corroborating U.S. claims that Abu Ibrahim al Hashemi al Quraishi was killed in Syria last month. The terrorist group ...

As the global phenomenon of the FIFA World Cup comes to Qatar, more attention has been brought to the culture and traditions of that part of the globe. For the first time in its history, the ...