Baghdad, the majestic capital city of the great Abbasid Caliphate. For centuries, the city was a center of culture, learning, ...

After five centuries of brilliance, the Abbasid Caliphate met its end in 1258, when Mongol armies stormed Baghdad. The city ...

LAHORE: Abbassid caliphs were preoccupied with the thoughts of Yajuj Majuj (gog and magog), they once sent a messenger to check if the wall of the city had fallen after rumors of attacks, said ...

On June 29, 2014—or the first of Ramadan, 1435, for those who prefer the Islamic calendar to the Gregorian—the leaders of the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) publicly uttered for the first time ...

Of the whopping 1500 years of Roman rule, only the time period straddling reigns of Augustus to Marcus Aurelius is regarded as Pax Romana – the Roman Golden Age. Similarly, the Abbasid Golden Age ...

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 ...

CENTRAL ISRAEL: Israeli youths have unearthed hundreds of gold coins stashed away in a clay vessel for more than a thousand years. The treasure was discovered on Aug 18, the Israel Antiquities ...

Supporters of the Islamic State march in Mosul, Iraq, in 2014, the year the militant group declared a new caliphate in Iraq and Syria. (Associated Press) Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow in the Project ...