Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi ( ar, أبو الحسين الحسيني القرشي, Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Husaynī al-Qurashī) is the fourth and current caliph of the
Islamic State
An Islamic state is a State (polity), state that has a form of government based on sharia, Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical Polity, polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a t ...
, starting from 30 November 2022. His position was announced by the IS spokesman Abu Omar Al-Muhajir in an audio recording stating that his predecessor
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi ( ar, أبو الحسن الهاشمي القرشي, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Hāshimī al-Qurashī), born Nour Karim al-Mutni (; died 15 October 2022), was an Iraqi terrorist and the third caliph of the Islamic Stat ...
was killed in battle.
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21st-century caliphs
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