They cannot be buried by decades of "minority brutality" or threatened by "fundamentalist brutality." Syria was once the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate. Founded by Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan - "the uncle ...
After an unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyad Caliph Hajjaj bin Yusuf and Caliph Abd Al-Malik, Ibn Al-Ash'ath was forced to flee to Zabulistan (in modern-day Afghanistan) to avoid capture.
Unlike the mandolin, though, it’s the exact same note, rather than an octave higher. The first record of the Oud’s presence in Western music comes from the Umayyad Caliphate’s invasion of what we now ...
Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new year with hope following 13 years of civil war. Gunshots rang out from Mount Qasioun ...
Erdoğan’s vision of a neo-Ottoman sphere—with Turkey at its center—clashes with al-Julani’s apparent ambition to restore the Umayyad Caliphate, which historically ruled from Damascus.
Ever since, Indian security agencies have been worried about Khorasan and Syria becoming a breeding ground for radicals fighting for the caliphate. Indian security agencies are revisiting reams of ...