The extremist organisation had existed as a mere “paper state” since its founding as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) in ...

Renowned Islamic economist, politician, and thinker Prof. Dr. Khurshid Ahmad (93) passed away in Leicester, United Kingdom. Several of his works were translated into Turkish, and his life story reads ...

He's an Islamic scholar, poet ... and his nom de guerre recalls the first caliph: Abu Bakr, father-in-law and close adviser of Mohammed. In July, he addressed the world's Muslims in a sermon.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed the establishment of the Islamic State caliphate in June 2014. Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo The fact IS termed itself as Islamic State, or ad-Dawlah al ...

Puntland Defense Forces posed next to a sign in Arabic that proclaimed the mountain town of Sheebaab as a "province" of the Islamic State group. The town, located in Somalia's autonomous northeastern ...

Sunnis wanted leadership to be decided by consensus, leading to the appointment of Abu Bakr as Islam’s first ruler or caliph. Shiites, however, believed that leadership should stay within the ...

where he acquired citizenship - pledged allegiance to then-Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Having formed as ...

Smith, a convert to Islam, went to Syria in 2015 after terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on Muslims to travel ...

A 15-year-old girl is the first female and second-youngest youth to be dealt with under the Internal Security Act.

Smith, a convert to Islam, went to Syria in 2015 after terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on ... a ceremony in which a person swears an oath to the caliph, not IS, nor evidence she ...