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ISIS is intent on conquering specific regions and waging violent battles that directly contradict Islamic teachings — all in the name of an extremist apocalypse whose survivors will adhere to the...
According to Jamileh Kadivar, ISIS has given a higher priority to fighting what it views as apostates than "original disbelievers" (Jews, Christians, Hindus, etc.). Consequently, the majority of the "27,947 terrorist deaths" it has been responsible for as of 2020 have been Muslims it regards "as kafir".
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria—also know as ISIS or ISIL—is a jihadist militant group and terrorist organization that formed in 1999.
The Islamic State, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham ( ISIS ), follows a distinctive variety of Islam whose beliefs about the path to the Day of Judgment matter to its...
ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), also known as ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), is a Sunni jihadist group with a particularly violent ideology that calls itself a caliphate and claims religious authority over all Muslims. It was inspired by al Qaida but later publicly expelled from it.
2 December 2015. AP. The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) burst on to the international scene in 2014 when it seized large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq. It has become notorious for...
Al Qaeda has historically been fairly quiet for a terrorist group when it comes to claiming and boasting of attacks, while the Islamic State often exaggerates its own prowess and role to the point ...
