The last “real” caliphate, the Abbasids, eventually splintered under its own weight, with various parts of the empire breaking apart, and finally succumbed to rising Persian and Turkish powers.

Glenn Beck discusses the implications of the caliphate in Egypt and Iran, stirring political debate.

The caliphate has crumbled, and the final offensive is over. While the official announcement hasn’t yet been made – Fox News has been told that this village, the last ISIS stronghold, is ...

Supporters of the Islamic State march in Mosul, Iraq, in 2014, the year the militant group declared a new caliphate in Iraq and Syria. (Associated Press) Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow in the ...

German authorities on Thursday gave orders to block an Islamist website in a bid to combat extremism. The orders were issued ...

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire a century ago marked the end of the last caliphate, an extraordinarily powerful one that had survived for more than four centuries.

Reuters (right) There may be more misunderstandings about the “great age” of the Arab Caliphate than about any other bygone empire.

A careful study of the first caliphate (632-661 C.E.) demonstrates that the ISIS caliphate launched by Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in Iraq is a non-starter. A viable Islamic caliphate would most ...

The Ottoman caliphate, whose nature was reinterpreted multiple times throughout the empire's history, was to survive for 412 years, from 1512 until 1924. Who was the last caliph?

The Ottoman Caliph tried to resurrect the empire through reforms and iron fisted rule but was eventually overthrown marking the beginning of the end for his dynasty ...

The Ottoman Caliphate's fall: A story which lives on in Islamic memories The desire to unite all Muslims under a single power eventually proved illusory, and in March 1924 the Turkish Parliament ...