Two weeks ago Glenn Beck introduced much of the world to the word caliphate. Shortly after the Egypt uprisings began, Beck used two chalkboards to 'explain' what was happening there and went on to ...

A new volume published by Baylor University Press presents the first English translation of Ibn al-Layth’s Letter to the King of Rome, an early Islamic apologetic text from the Abbasid–Byzantine era.

Once the heart of a golden age, Baghdad fell to fire and steel. The end of the Abbasids marked the collapse of one of history’s greatest empires. Gunman who ambushed police in Pennsylvania identified: ...

Thousands of protesters marched through Hamburg over the weekend calling for an Islamic state in Germany and clutching signs that declared, “Caliphate is the solution.” Videos of the Saturday rally ...

On Mar. 20, the Trump administration released this map depicting the Islamic State’s territorial caliphate as of early 2017. The group has lost control of this territory, but remains active in some of ...