Tag Archives: sahaba

Was Islam’s Ka’ba Always in Mecca?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 11 June 2025

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Assessing the Early-Codification Theory of the Qur’an

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 November 2024

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Islamic State Wants the War Against Israel to Be Religious, Not Nationalist

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 April 2022

Al-Naba 332, page three

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Islamic State and Female Fighters

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 8 November 2017

The Khansaa Brigade, the all-female Islamic State espionage network and morality enforcement police, based in Raqqa city (image source)

A debate has been ongoing among analysts since the summer about the view the Islamic State (IS) has of mujahidat (female fighters). IS now seems to have settled the matter in its newsletter, Al-Naba. Continue reading