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  • Sheik Hazlitt is a self-confessed antiZionist who bewails the failure of the Sharif of Mecca��s demand to install a Saudi Arabian style Khalifate across the entire conquered Ottoman Empire.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • However the vast majority of Muslims would just wish for a Khalifate, proper islamic state run according to shariah in a Muslim country, any Muslim country.

    Playing fairer Rachel 2006

  • A seer has arisen of the blood of the Prophet, who will restore the Khalifate to its old glories and

    Greenmantle 2005

  • A second buttress of a polity of Arab motive was the dim glory of the early Khalifate, whose memory endured among the people through centuries of Turkish misgovernment.

    Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

  • She had borne him three sons, and like as not the eldest would be named Lugal when Sinaddan assumed the Khalifate.

    Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

  • When the empire of Persis arose and overthrew the Akkadians, the royal court of the House of Ur fled, deep into the Umaiyyat, where they were succored by the Khalifate of the Umaiyyat.

    Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

  • Iraq is not holy from a Muslim point of view, but for half a millennium, it was the seat of the Khalifate, the greatest and most glorious period of Islamic history.

    What Went Wrong?: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response 2001

  • In thus casting doubt on the legality of the claim made by Turkish Sultáns to the Khalifate of Islám, I do not deny that the Law of Islám requires that there should be a Khalíf.

    The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

  • Bakr to the Khalifate is called Ijmá'-i-Ummat, the unanimous consent of the whole sect.

    The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

  • The people of Kúfa, being disgusted at his conduct, sent messengers to Husain, the remaining son of 'Alí, with the request that he would assume the Khalifate.

    The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

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