However, Alawites follow Muhammad Ibn Nusayr, who was a 10th-century disciple of the 11th imam and declared himself to be the ...

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 ...

Despite the increasing demand for Arabic learning, non-native speakers face multiple challenges. One of the most significant obstacles is the complexity of the Arabic language itself.

A former Israeli intelligence official, Avi Melamed, has said Hamas is seeking expansion into Jordan through the Muslim Brotherhood to fulfil its ambition of a global Islamic caliphate. Melamed ...

Undeterred, ISIS announced the establishment of a caliphate five days later, on June 29, 2014.

05/11/2024May 11, 2024 The relatively new organization Muslim Interactive has shocked the public with calls for a caliphate. Experts believe the movement is identitarian.

Encompassing dozens of countries inhabited by close to 500 million people, the Arab world is enormously diverse, and its music reflects that. Our list of the 50 best Arabic pop songs of the 21st ...

It’s been 100 years since the world had a formally recognized caliphate, a disappearance that’s left a deep imprint on 20th-century politics.

The first caliph, Selim I (1470-1520), who assumed power in 1512; and the last caliph Abdulmecid II (1868-1944), who was deposed in 1924 (Creative Commons) ...

In other words, about 46 of every 10,000 people in the U.S. ages 5 and older speak Arabic at home. Immigrants account for around two-thirds of those who speak Arabic at home in the U.S. However, the ...