In 2014, ISIS raised its flag on top of the mosque, and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, proclaimed the birth of the “new caliphate” inside its prayer hall. The final blow came in 2017 ...

The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in July 2014 declared his "caliphate" that committed atrocities across ...

It happened March 20 when according to a sales affidavit an entity affiliated with the Abu-Bakr Islamic Center of Washington paid $4.76 million for the former Knights Inn motel property at 14110 ...

Sam Tarling for The Telegraph Abdul Rizak, 15, walks through the Old City near ruins of the al-Nouri mosque, from where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared Isil's caliphate, in Mosul on April 22 ...

In previous years, TIKA renovated and decorated the Abu Bakr Siddiq Mosque in Bogota, aligning it with Turkish cultural designs and improving its facilities to provide a cleaner environment for ...

Sunni close SunniMuslims who believe in the successorship of Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali as leaders of the Muslim community after the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims specifically set the duties out ...