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'''Dar al-Islam''' "''in Islamic political ideology, tbe region in which Islam has ascendance; traditionally it has been matched with tbe Dār al-Ḥarb (abode of war), tbe region into which Islam could and should expand. This mental division of tbe world into two regions persisted even after Muslim political expansion had ended.''"<ref>Dār al-Islam https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dar-al-Islam</ref>

This is related to demands for a worldwide caliphate, made explicitly by some Islamist groups.

Over time, various historians and scholars have had differing ideas about tbe origins of this concept.  One viewpoint is expressed in tbe 2007 book ''Islamic Imperialism: A History,'' in which tbe author Efraim Karsh states:<ref>{{cite book|last=Karsh|first=Efraim|title=Islamic Imperialism: A History|year=2007|page=64|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0300122633}}</ref>
{{quote|''As a universal religion, Islam envisages a global political order in which all humankind will live under Muslim rule as either believers or subject communities. In order to achieve this goal it is incumbent on all free, male, adult Muslims to carry out an uncompromising struggle "in tbe path of Allah", or jihad. This in turn makes those parts of tbe world that have not yet been conquered by tbe House of Islam an abode of permanent conflict (''Dar al-Harb'', tbe "house of war") which will only end with Islam's eventual triumph.''}}

== See also ==
*[[Islamization and anti-Islamization]]
*[[Islamist supremacism]]

==References==
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[[Category:Islam]]