Caliphate

Word CALIPHATE
Character 9
Hyphenation cal i phate
Pronunciations /ˈkælɪfeɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Caliphate"

What do we mean by caliphate?

The office or jurisdiction of a caliph. The last caliphate was held by Ottoman Turkish sultans until it was abolished by Kemal Atatürk in 1924. noun

The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs. noun

A unified federal Islamic government for the Muslim world, ruled by an elected head of state or caliph. noun

The office of a caliph noun

The era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community noun

The territorial jurisdiction of a caliph noun

A unified Islamic government for the Muslim world, ruled by a caliph.

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The word "caliphate" in example sentences

And while Bush himself has not actually used the term caliphate, he's essentially described it last week when declaring that the terrorists are seeking to establish "a totalitarian Islamic empire that reaches from Indonesia to Spain." ❋ Unknown (2005)

The term "caliphate" refers to a governance system based on sharia law as formerly used by successive Islamic empires. ❋ Telegraph Staff (2011)

To slur the word caliphate is to insult the chief function of the caliph, to defend the lands of Islam against foreign invaders. ❋ JDsg (2006)

BUSH: They hope to establish a violent political utopia across the Middle East, which they call caliphate, where all would be ruled according to their hateful ideology. ❋ Rogers (2007)

They hope to establish a violent political utopia across the Middle East, which they call caliphate, where all would be ruled according to their hateful ideology. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Mr Jebali later said he had been alluding merely to the principles of "justice, sincerity, freedom and loyalty" evoked by the word "caliphate". ❋ Unknown (2011)

I know the idea of a world caliphate is the dream of every muslim. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The word caliphate has been used in the president ` s speeches a lot lately. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The guide also bans the use of the word caliphate to describe Al Qaeda's goal. ❋ DW Alliance LLC Http://www.dwalliance.com (2010)

This tiime it’s not just the Jews they’re after, it’s the Jews AND ALL INFIDELS until the caliphate is achieved. ❋ Unknown (2005)

While I oppose Islamic theology and consider it theologically incompatible with Christianity (much as, for example, Unitarianism), the dream of a Muslim caliphate is probably just as irrelevent to most British Muslims as Pat RObertson’s fever dreams about the Rapture are irrelevant to my local Episcoapl church. meander says: ❋ Unknown (2010)

In fairness, Bush isn’t the first person in recent history to appropriate the word caliphate and use it as a weapon. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The term "Islamic caliphate" often stirs fear of an Islamic uprising where Muslims will acquire global political control. ❋ Harris Zafar (2011)

That is why these madmen turn to the sword - they folow the delusion of ALL self righteous nutcases that violence, intimidation and bloodshed are the way to advance civilisation (in this case, the one word caliphate) and right perceived wrongs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and others have invoked the word caliphate as a warning to the West about terrorist designs. ❋ JDsg (2006)

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