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  • noun The office or dignity of the califs, or the government of a calif. Also spelled caliphat, kalifate, khalifate.

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  • noun Alternative form of caliphate.

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Examples

  • BECK: So, how do you know, Zuhdi -- as a-- I mean, I don't hate Muslims by any stretch of the imagination and I know it's maybe 10 percent of the Islamic world, but that's an army of 100 million that are -- that want this califate.

    CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2007 2007

  • And all we need to do is ask these Muslim organizations that have filled out this ad, what do you think about this califate, what do you any about Hizbit Harer (ph)?

    CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2007 2007

  • They seek to establish a radical Islamic califate so they can impose a brutal, new order on unwilling people.

    CNN Transcript May 1, 2007 2007

  • They seek to establish a radical Islamic califate so they can impose a brutal, new order on unwilling people.

    CNN Transcript May 1, 2007 2007

  • When they start putting ads saying Muslims against al Qaeda, Muslims against Islamism, Muslims against the califate and the transnational movement, then I'll start to believe them.

    CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2007 2007

  • The capital of the califate, that ` s where Osama bin Laden says it is.

    CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2006 2006

  • The capital of the califate, that ` s where Osama bin Laden says it is.

    CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2006 2006

  • He has declared that the capital of the califate will be in Iraq.

    CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2006 2006

  • It sees itself as fighting a national resistance, not fighting for a global Islamic califate in the name of Allah, in the name of God.

    CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2006 2006

  • He has declared that the capital of the califate will be in Iraq.

    CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2006 2006

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