‘The Indian Caliphate’ Review: The Shadow in Twilight

The caliphate was abolished soon after the birth of modern Turkey. Some tried to keep it alive in the Indian princely state ...
The Washington Post

A century after the last caliph

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Miami Herald

What’s a caliphate? News puts focus on ancient form of government

When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria announced Sunday that it was changing its name and reviving the caliphate, the news lit up the Internet and headlined news reports around the world. But what ...
BBC

Is Islamic State caliphate here to stay?

IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his first appearance on video in Mosul in July 2014 One year ago, Islamic State announced the formation of its caliphate - a state governed in accordance with ...
Reuters

Islamic caliphate a dream, not reality-experts

RIYADH (Reuters) - The creation of an Islamic caliphate, or empire, has long formed part of al Qaeda's world view, and it is a vision that seems to have unsettled Washington. Sign up here. But experts ...
Reuters

As caliphate is declared, Iraqi troops battle for Tikrit

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi troops battled to dislodge an al Qaeda splinter group from the city of Tikrit on Monday after its leader was declared caliph of a new Islamic state in lands seized this month ...
LAist

Sunni Muslims Declare New Caliphate, Is It For Real?

This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm David Greene. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne. We've been hearing a lot these past few weeks about the extremist Sunni militants ...