Editing Caliphate (section)

==== Islamist call ====
A number of Islamist political parties and [[mujahideen]] called for the restoration of the caliphate by uniting Muslim nations, either through political action (e.g. [[Hizb ut-Tahrir]]), or through force (e.g. [[al-Qaeda]]).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/13/AR2006011301816_pf.html |title=Reunified Islam |work=Washingtonpost.com |date=13 January 2006 |access-date=30 August 2017 |archive-date=3 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803125357/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/13/AR2006011301816_pf.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Various Islamist movements gained momentum in recent years with the ultimate aim of establishing a caliphate. In 2014, ISIL/ISIS made a claim to re-establishing the caliphate. Those advocating the re-establishment of a caliphate differed in their methodology and approach. Some{{who|date=November 2010}} were locally oriented, mainstream political parties that had no apparent transnational objectives.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}}

[[Abul A'la Maududi]] believed the caliph was not just an individual ruler who had to be restored, but was man's representation of God's authority on Earth:
{{blockquote|''Khilafa'' means representative. Man, according to Islam is the representative of "people", His (God's) viceregent; that is to say, by virtue of the powers delegated to him, and within the limits prescribed by the Qu'ran and the teaching of the prophet, the caliph is required to exercise Divine authority.<ref>Abul A'al Mawdudi, ''Human Rights in Islam'', The Islamic Foundation, 1976, p. 9</ref>}}

The [[Muslim Brotherhood]] advocates [[pan-Islamic]] unity and the implementation of [[Islamic law]]. Founder [[Hassan al-Banna]] wrote about the restoration of the caliphate.<ref>Roy, Olivier, ''Failure of Islamism'', Harvard University Press, (1994) p. 42</ref>

One transnational group whose ideology was based specifically on restoring the caliphate as a pan-Islamic state is [[Hizb ut-Tahrir]] (literally, "Party of Liberation"). It is particularly strong in Central Asia and Europe and is growing in strength in the Arab world. It is based on the claim that Muslims can prove that God exists<ref>William Lane Craig, ''[http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/mackie.html Professor Mackie and the Kalam Cosmological Argument] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115155257/http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/mackie.html |date=15 January 2008 }}''.</ref> and that the Qur'an is the word of God.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} Hizb ut-Tahrir's stated strategy is a non-violent political and intellectual struggle.

In Southeast Asia, groups such as [[Jemaah Islamiyah]] aimed to establish a Caliphate across [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Brunei]] and parts of [[Thailand]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Cambodia]].{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}