Iraq Prime Minister Shia al-Sudani said Abu Khadija, whose real name is Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rufay’i, was 'one of the ...

Many Muslims believed that Abu-Bakr, the Prophet’s closest companion would be the first Caliph (which means ‘deputy to God’s Prophet’). This is the Sunni viewpoint. A minority believed tha ...

"Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead." The self-declared caliph of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Al-Baghdadi, 48, was instrumental in building the Islamic State into one of the most potent ...

The most visible and amplified claim was that the ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was a 'Jewish ... And, did Edward Snowden claim that the first caliph of the Islamic State was born to Israeli ...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, calling for all Muslims to join up and fight for the caliphate. Muslims around the world took to social media to hilariously troll the terrorist leader. Story by Allan Smith ...

The first two episodes of Muawiya ... Uthman, the third Muslim caliph after Abu Bakr and Umar ibn Khattab, promoted Muawiya to governor of Syria. When Uthman - a fellow member of the Umayyad ...

Abu Alaa al-Afri, a trusted deputy of Islamic State "caliph" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was reportedly inside a mosque in Tal Afar when he was hit, the BBC notes. Baghdadi was reportedly seriously ...