caliphate
noun
ca·liph·ate
ˈkā-lə-ˌfāt 
-fət,
ˈka-
: the office of a caliph or the land he rules over
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About a decade ago, the Islamic State declared the establishment of a caliphate over swaths of Syria and Iraq.
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Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Although the Islamic State has lost its caliphate in Syria and Iraq, that did not destroy the idea or the cause, said Andrew J. Tabler, a former U.S. government official on security issues in the Middle East and a senior fellow specializing in Syria at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
—Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
The jihadist group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, called on all Muslims to join its caliphate and justified its attacks on other Muslims by accusing them of apostasy.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
The couple moved from village to village, fleeing the advancing front line and venturing deeper into the caliphate.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
There was no choice but to try to escape the caliphate.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Other attempts at reviving the institution of the caliphate elsewhere in the Muslim world flared in the 1920s.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
On other front lines, U.S. forces are still deployed in Iraq and Syria to contain remnant cells of the Islamic State, whose caliphate collapsed five years ago.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2024
Phoenicia, the Roman Empire, various Islamic caliphates, Portugal, Spain, England and France all laid claim to this hilly port town.
—Tara Stevens Richard Pedaline, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Although the Islamic State has lost its caliphate in Syria and Iraq, that did not destroy the idea or the cause, said Andrew J. Tabler, a former U.S. government official on security issues in the Middle East and a senior fellow specializing in Syria at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
—Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
The jihadist group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, called on all Muslims to join its caliphate and justified its attacks on other Muslims by accusing them of apostasy.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
The couple moved from village to village, fleeing the advancing front line and venturing deeper into the caliphate.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
There was no choice but to try to escape the caliphate.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Other attempts at reviving the institution of the caliphate elsewhere in the Muslim world flared in the 1920s.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
On other front lines, U.S. forces are still deployed in Iraq and Syria to contain remnant cells of the Islamic State, whose caliphate collapsed five years ago.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2024
Phoenicia, the Roman Empire, various Islamic caliphates, Portugal, Spain, England and France all laid claim to this hilly port town.
—Tara Stevens Richard Pedaline, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
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caliphate
noun
ca·liph·ate
ˈkā-lə-ˌfāt
-fət;
ˈkal-ə-
: the office or dominion of a caliph
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