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March 6, 2024

A Century Without a Caliph

“Many Muslims are still painfully conscious of this void.”

Monday marked the 100th anniversary of the abolition of the Ottoman caliphate—the formal successor to the prophet Mohammad and the nominal leader of Islam—by the secular Turkish government. Martin Kramer reproduces some firsthand accounts of the event itself, and analyzes its consequences:

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March 6, 2024

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  3. A Century Without a Caliph

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