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Nov 1, 2016 · We come to know the “righteously guided” caliphs with a kind of intimacy that belies the passing of time. The prophet Muhammad succeeded in founding a new religious community and a fledgling ...
Oct 25, 2014 · Sheikh Ruzwan Mohammed, for example, argues that the key to the caliphate is really spiritual. "I think the Islamic State should come from within," he says. "It should be an Islamic State first ...
Jul 10, 2014 · First, the Abbasid Caliphate, which really was the continuation of Mohammed's original community-state, fractured in a few places. Its territory in present-day Spain and Portugal broke off into ...
Dec 3, 2019 · Definition. Caliphate (“ Khilafat ” in Arabic) was a semi-religious political system of governance in Islam, in which the territories of the Islamic empire in the Middle East and North Africa and the people within were ruled by a supreme leader called Caliph (“ Khalifa ” in Arabic – meaning successor). Caliphs were initially the sole ...
Jul 2, 2015 · The caliphate will last 30 years, then it will turn into kingdom. Seyyid Bey believed that the caliphate has a wise purpose but it follows the requirements of the time, therefore it is an issue of ...
- Recep Dogan
Oct 28, 2016 · Like the similarly abused sharia — which includes but goes beyond Islamic law — the caliphate was a diverse and complex thing, evolving according to the demands of time and place.
A caliphate or khilāfah (Arabic: خِلَافَةْ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (/ ˈ k æ l ɪ f, ˈ k eɪ-/; Arabic: خَلِيفَةْ [xæ'liːfæh], pronunciation ⓘ), a person considered a political-religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entire Muslim world ().
