The extremist organisation had existed as a mere “paper state” since its founding as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) in ...

Many of these individuals were included in the first Khorasan Shura or leadership council ... It went on to declare, “Know that the Islamic Caliphate is not limited to a particular country. These ...

“This marvellously innovative book on the performance of the Islamic State’s “modern stateness” in its official videos is a ...

During the Abbasid Caliphate (AD750 -1258), Baghdad ... Isfahan and Cairo in the early Islamic centuries. They were some of the first in the world and treated rich and poor people.

The Bangladesh interim government, headed by chief advisor Muhammad Yunus, had expressed deep concern over Gabbard's remarks on an “Islamist caliphate,” and said that her remark are both “mi ...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed the establishment of the Islamic State caliphate in June 2014 ... of IS's expansionist territorial strategy. First, identify enemy targets and territory.