He is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the brooding muezzin of ... fighters for his military operations in what was once the cradle of civilization. Each month al-Baghdadi’s war machine chews through ...

Abu Bakr 632 – 634 A close friend and father-in-law to Muhammad. He ensured the community remained united. Umar 634 – 644 Islam spread far outside the Arabian Peninsula during this time ...