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Islamic State of Iraq traces its origins to Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (JTJ) group, which was formed by the Jordanian national Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Jordan in 1999. Al-Zarqawi led the group, until his death in June 2006.
Isis wall painting in the tomb of Seti I . Isis was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world.
In 2014, ISIL proclaimed itself a worldwide caliphate and changed its name to the Islamic State which in a year grew to control territory with a population of millions. On 27 October 2019, the Islamic State's "caliph" killed himself to avoid capture. [2]
An IS command and control center in Raqqa in 2014. According to the Institute for the Study of War, IS's 2013 annual report reveals a metrics -driven military command, which is "a strong indication of a unified, coherent leadership structure that commands from the top down". [38]
Essence of Islamic governments. The essence or guiding principles of an Islamic government or Islamic state is the concept of al- Shura. Several scholars have different understandings or thoughts, with regard to the concept al-Shura.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), or Islamic State, (IS) is a Islamist militant group. In Arabic it is often called the phrase "Daesh" but it is disliked by the group which causes enemies of the group to use the phrase.
t. e. The ideology of the Islamic State, sometimes called Islamic Statism, has been described as being a hybrid of Salafism, Salafi jihadism, [1] [2] Sunni Islamist fundamentalism, [3] Wahhabism, [4] [5] and Qutbism.
