The carnage presently wrought by these avatars of a revitalized Caliphate, simply mirrors, in all its gory, and seemingly depraved detail, the actions of their Ottoman Caliphate "prototype" ...

March 3, 2025, marks the 101th anniversary of the fall of the Khilafah, when the Ottoman Caliphate was officially abolished by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. This ...

The Ottomans are one of the most interesting, yet misunderstood, dynasties in history. How did the Empire come about? Did ...

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