Caliph/Khalifah is the title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, with temporal and spiritual authority over the community of Islam - the word literally means "one who replaces someone else who left or died". The title has been defunct since the abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate in 1924.
Caliphate/Khilafah historically describes the succession of rulers following the Prophet Muhammad, the passing of the title from generation to the next, excluding the prophetic aspect of Muhammad's role.
A number of modern renewal movements in Islam, prominently (but not exclusively) Hizb-ut-Tahreer, seek to re-establish the institution, a single office whose occupant, as successor to Muhammad, would possess clear political, military, and legal standing as the global leader of the Muslims.
Caliphate/Khilafah historically describes the succession of rulers following the Prophet Muhammad, the passing of the title from generation to the next, excluding the prophetic aspect of Muhammad's role.
A number of modern renewal movements in Islam, prominently (but not exclusively) Hizb-ut-Tahreer, seek to re-establish the institution, a single office whose occupant, as successor to Muhammad, would possess clear political, military, and legal standing as the global leader of the Muslims.
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- Islamic Intellectual Front Details of how to implement the Islamic State, or Khilafah, the only solution that will save the Ummah. Links to Islamic history, politics, and a brief paper on Iran.
- Khilafah.com Updated daily with news from around the Muslim Ummah, Islamic analysis, viewpoints, tafseer of Qur'an, daily hadith. The Khilafah Magazine, articles and online books on the Islamic culture, systems and politics are available for download. Dedicated to carrying the dawah and the call for the re-establishment of the Khilafah (Islamic State) and the political system of Islam.
- Caliph Wikipedia article on the concept of Caliph/Khalifah, and its historical development.