Many years ago, the great city of Baghdad was ruled by a wise and kind Caliph. In the afternoons, the Caliph liked to walk through the marketplace. One day, he noticed a strange box being sold by ...

The extremist organisation had existed as a mere "paper state" since its founding as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) in October 2006. But the video release of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declaring himself ...

If you’ve been on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube in lately, you’ve probably heard the viral "Tab Tabi Tab" Arabic melody ...

Where was the early Islamic civilisation? How did the early Islamic civilisation begin? Who was the caliph? Activity: Quiz – Introduction to early Islamic civilisation When was the early Islamic ...

The Iraqi Prime Minister said that personnel of the country's national intelligence service, working with coalition forces commanded by the United States, had killed the head of Islamic State in Iraq ...

Rifai, or "Abu Khadija," was "deputy caliph" of the militant group and "one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world," CNN reported ...

Iraq's Prime Minister and US President Donald Trump have applauded the death of Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rufayi, who was said to have been responsible for Islamic State's "foreign operations".

The wife of Caliph Cason, who is now recovering in the hospital, says her husband had just fed their children and put them down for a nap before he dozed off and woke up to flames inside their home.

Religious occasions provide an opportunity to revisit history with a fresh perspective, free from rigid judgments of right and wrong. Instead, ...

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