Caliphate

In 1945, two nuclear bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki with the sole purpose of defeating Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany. At the time, this was imperative, considering all the lives they took in order to fulfill their purpose of purging those who were not part of the “Master Race”. Nowadays, we see the genocide that occurred during the Holocaust as something that you read only in books. It is hard to comprehend that this actually happened. Yet, what we don’t realize is that it is…

was inevitably implicated in the crisis. Mu’awiya made claim and demanded justice for his murdered kinsman and demand to manoeuvre ‘Ali bin Abi Talib out of the caliphate in spite of initial support from the Kufan and Egyptian garrisons and many madinan companions. By 660, Mu’awiya was in position to advance his own claim to the caliphate. His adherents swore the oath of obedience to him in Jerusalem – that meant to reassure his Christian subjects that he was not head of the Muslim community,…

al-Afghani. Al-Afghani argued that Islamic civilizations needed to unify under a common cause of competing with the western imperialistic powers that were spreading their influence across the world. Pan-Islam called for a united Islamic state, or Caliphate, that represented the combined interests of those who followed the Islamic religion. Pan-Islam was a form of nationalism based on religion rather than ethic or regional foundations. Al-Afghani’s ideas intended to unite the Islamic world,…

between Iraq and Syria has been dissolved. It controls a third of those territories and is exhibiting increasing strength in Libya. On June 29 the group declared the establishment of a Caliphate in the territories it controlled in Iraq and Syria, and it seeks to establish a Caliphate on a global scale. This Caliphate, defined as a group of theocratic nation states ruled by a single Islamic ruler, would threaten world order and the system of nation-states as it exists today, as first established…

misconceptions ultimately serves the interests of the ISIS brand. To begin with, the language of the information being conveyed by ISIS has to be examined, followed by the differentiation between the methods used by Al Qaeda and the self-proclaimed caliphate of ISIS. The first misconception brought up by Stengel is in regard to ISIS being the enemy of the United States. In fact, the information warfare is between ISIS and the world as the main languages ISIS uses to recruit and appeal to Muslim…

(Heritage 79) The Visigoths were ejected from Cordoba by the Umayyad caliphate during the Muslim conquest of Spain in the 8th century. In 756, Abd al Rahman I abandoned Syria after the attack of the Abbasid caliphate, and fled through North Africa to the Iberian Peninsula, where he made Cordoba the capital of his renewed Umayyad empire. (Heritage 84) Rahman restored the city and built many mosques…

What would you do if a terrorist tried to recruit you on Twitter? This could be a reality with the new threat stirring in the Middle East. ISIS is a Muslim terrorist faction that aims to establish a caliphate and rule over Islam, using extreme methods and social media. ISIS is a terrorist organization that goes by the names ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), IS (Islamic State), or most commonly, ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). The group resides in the Middle East, more…

about by the Christian Schism of 1054 CE. However, there certainly were ideals, like the Roman Catholic Church, that were left relatively unscaved by the turmoil. The Umayyad Caliphate was primarily located in Syria until around 750 CE when they were overthrown and the Abbasid Caliphate took over. This forced the Umayyad Caliphate to relocate to Spain and became quite popular in western Europe shortly afterward. They became so popular that by the end of the 12th century, the vast majority of…

During the end of the 11th century, large civilizations in Europe and the Middle East had risen to conflict. The Catholic Kingdoms had originated from the Roman Empire after the civilization had fallen. The Kingdoms expanded its territory from present day France through present day Hungary; essentially Western Europe (Crusades Map). In the Catholic Kingdoms, the Pope had control of all church affairs, and the priest had control over a single church (Ellis 217-218). During the late 12th century,…

empire only lasted for about 750 years. When the Umayyads ruled, it was the best years that occurred in the religion of Islam. Since the Islamic religion was improved, million of people were converted to the Islamic religion. Some strategies that the Caliphate used was to maintain order and stability by that they made sure that the empire was benefiting and providing the necessities of the people. They had excellent trade business with China and they were flourishing with goods which benefited…