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An Islamic state has a form of government based on sharia. As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term dawlah islāmiyyah (Arabic: دولة إسلامية) it refers to a modern notion associated with political Islam … See more
Majid Khadduri gives six stages of history for the Islamic state:
1. City-state (622–632)
2. Imperial (632–750)
3. Universal … See moreToday, many Muslim countries have incorporated Islamic law in part into their legal systems. Certain Muslim states have declared Islam to be … See more
• Ankerl, Guy (2000). Contemporary Coexisting Civilizations. Arabo-Muslim, Bharati, Chinese, and Western. Geneva: INUPress. pp. 5001. See more
Wikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license Islamic State in Iraq and Syria - Encyclopedia Britannica
5 days ago · Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a transnational jihad movement that originated among Sunni Iraqis and until 2014 was affiliated …
What is Islamic State, the group linked to Austria stabbing attack ...
5 days ago · Islamic State, the militant group that imposed hardline Islamist rule over millions of people in Syria and Iraq for years, has been trying to stage a comeback in the Middle East, the …
What is 'Islamic State'? - BBC News
Dec 2, 2015 · Islamic State (IS) is a radical Sunni Islamist militant group that has seized large swathes of territory in eastern Syria and across northern and …
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Territory of the Islamic State - Wikipedia
The Islamic State (IS) had its core in Iraq and Syria from 2013 to 2017 and 2019 respectively, where the proto-state controlled significant swathes of urban, rural, and desert territory, mainly in the Mesopotamian region. Today the group controls scattered pockets of land in the area, as well as other minor territory or insurgent cells in other areas, notably Afghanistan, West Africa, the Sahara, S…
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History of the Islamic State - Wikipedia
The origins of the Islamic State group can be traced back to three main organizations. Earliest of these was the "Jamāʻat al-Tawḥīd wa-al-Jihād" (transl. "The Organisation of Monotheism and …
The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization) | RAND - RAND …
Jul 1, 2022 · 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 …
The Islamic State has regrouped in Somalia — and has global …
Feb 11, 2025 · The Islamic State in Somalia broke away from al-Shabab in 2015; its secretive, henna-bearded leader, Abdulqadir Mumin, is now the Islamic State’s global caliph, the U.S. …
The Islamic State - Council on Foreign Relations
Aug 10, 2016 · The self-proclaimed Islamic State is a militant Sunni movement that has conquered territory in western Iraq, eastern Syria, and Libya, from which it has tried to …
The rise and fall of the Islamic State group: The long …
Mar 23, 2019 · A Raqqa resident describes daily life under so-called Islamic State. Prominent Muslim leaders rejected the IS caliphate, but tens of thousands of foreigners travelled to the region to join.
