While Shiites have remained a minority throughout most of the Islamic world, they are still the majority in Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. These areas — primarily ...

Within Syria and Iraq, the militants have established 20 different "states." Unlike most of the 10 "wilayats," or states listed above, the Islamic State controls land and has tried to create a ...

"The World of Islam," Edited by Don Belt . National Geographic Society: 288 pages, $22 ... A “mixed” memoirist’s Silk Road travelogue becomes a road map to sanctuary. Oct. 24, 2022.

The radical Sunni Muslim group has seized many towns and cities in both Syria and Iraq since last year. Here's an animated map showing its gains since the start of 2013.

new video loaded: How One Map Explains the Islamic State’s New Tactics transcript This is how much territory the Islamic State held in Syria as of March 18. Can you see it? It’s here — just ...

The Umayyads consolidated Islamic rule over what we know today as the traditional center of the Islamic world as seen in the map above: North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.