What is a Caliphate?

Last updated on: August 22, 2014 at 4:05 pm by George G. Coe

What is a Caliphate? 2014-08-22T16:05:31-05:00 George G. Coe

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Studying Islam? The Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates that developed after Muhammad’s death in 632 are crucial events in the study of Islam.

The video clip above and this short article from the News Hour provide a good review of the two great Islamic caliphates. In addition, On Faith has a great article called 5 Things Every Muslim (and non-Muslim) should know about the caliphate. And finally, Vox has a superb history of the caliphate.

The golden age of Islam developed in Baghdad under the Abbasids. Indeed, Baghdad was known as the House of Wisdom. You can see why in the clip below from PBS Empire of Faith.

Why are caliphates in the news? This weekend Sunni militants declared the territory they had taken over in Iraq and Syria ” the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” (ISIL). And they announced their leader or caliph and asked their followers to support their new territory or caliphate.

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