ISIS defeat in Mosul is not an end to the extremist Islamic ideology

Defeat of ISIS in Mosul The ISIS leader Abu Bakr Baghdadi has reportedly acknowledged his defeat in his ‘farewell sermon’ (Khutba al-Wida’a), which was addressed to the religious preachers of the Islamic More...

ISIS Caliphate: Lessons from the earliest Mohammedan invasions of Central Asia

Preface By 1000 CE, the Turks were already on their way to becoming the primary spearhead of Islam against the Hindus of India, the heathen civilizations of Central Asia, and the Christians in the West. The Mongol More...

William Dalrymple’s skewed perspective on the Caliphate

On 13 July 2014, The Guardian published an opinion article by the well-known historian of Moghul India, William Dalrymple: “The ISIS demand for a caliphate is about power, not religion.” We have heard this tune More...