Ever noticed how so many Arab countries have flags with the same colors—red, black, white, and green? It’s not a coincidence. In this video, we explore the fascinating history, symbolism, and ...

Far from a harsh and imposing Islamic dystopia, the caliphate, at least in its Abbasid heyday from 750 to 945, was the site of scientific advances and a flourishing intellectual culture.

“We do a disservice to the Abbasid caliphate to judge it as an empire,” El-Hibri emphasises, “it may be more pertinent to view it as an Islamic political institution.” The moral imperative of being ...

Considering themselves politically stronger, they refused to acknowledge the Abbasid Caliphate in Egypt, which was nothing but a shadow under the Mamluks (1250-1517).

Administrative division of the Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-9th century AD. Credit: Cattette / Wikimedia Commons Ali ibn Muhammad, skillfully combining Kharijism with Zaydism, began his Friday sermons ...

The black is for the Abbasid Caliphate, green for the Umayyad Caliphate, white for the Fatimid Caliphate and red for the Hashemites, who still rule the Kingdom of Jordan.

It’s easy to understand why the battle of Talas in 751 between the Abbasid Caliphate’s Arab-Persian army and the Chinese army is often said to be one of the most important battles in Central ...

The Islamic State chose black as the colour of its flag because the Abbasid caliphate preferred black for its standards. For many Muslims, especially Sunnis, the Abbasid caliphate was the high ...

The result was that when Ataturk finally abolished the institution of the caliphate in 1924, there was no clear or coherent outcry from the Muslim world as a whole. Many Muslims, particularly those in ...