It’s official: The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has declared that it’s now a nation.
The collective dream of restoring the Islamic caliphate – an Arabic word meaning “succession” – is being realized.
The caliphate is the historic ideal in Sunni Islam; and it denotes an Islamic state directed by a single leader who controls both the religious and political decisions in a nation, where church and state are one united entity under Sharia law.
In fact, the Caliph is literally the successor to Muhammad, who was head of both state and religion in his empire.
