In the 8th century, a revolution reshaped the Islamic world. The Abbasids overthrew the ruling Umayyad dynasty and seized ...

(RNS) — Now 15 years into his caliphate, Mirza Masroor Ahmad is heading to the U.S. to meet his growing community and share his message of world peace through prayers. (RNS) — As some 38,000 Ahmadi ...

On July 14, AEI’s Katherine Zimmerman hosted experts on the Islamic State to better understand where the group came from and what its future might hold. The panel discussed the group’s ideological ...

On Mar. 20, the Trump administration released this map depicting the Islamic State’s territorial caliphate as of early 2017. The group has lost control of this territory, but remains active in some of ...

U.S.-backed Syrian forces declared victory over the Islamic State after announcing Saturday they had liberated the last ISIS stronghold in the eastern village of Baghouz and put an end to its ...

Women and stories, scholars and texts: women's voices in nineteenth century Hausaland and the Sokoto Caliphate -- Missions to Hausaland: European observations, investigations and conversations -- In ...

Before it fell under the sway of Islamic State in January 2014, the Syrian crossroads city of Raqqah, on the northern banks of the Euphrates River in historic Mesopotamia, had lived out a richly ...