Everyone else was prevented from performing Tawaf so that the Caliph could do it alone, undisturbed. A nomadic man, however, ...

Two weeks ago Glenn Beck introduced much of the world to the word caliphate. Shortly after the Egypt uprisings began, Beck used two chalkboards to 'explain' what was happening there and went on to ...

The caliphate is a powerful ideal — the concept of a nation of Muslims worldwide ruled by Shariah law under a caliph who holds both spiritual and secular authority. There have been multiple caliphates ...