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    Under the Black Flag: At the Frontier of the New Jihad by Sami Moubayed was a very educational book that included many specific details and important information. This book covered the topic and ideas of terrorism, ISIS, and al-Qaeda. I chose this book to learn more about the importance of this field, and I expected to understand the background, motives, and reasoning behind ISIS and terrorism. This 240 page nonfiction introduction to ISIS published by I.B.Tauris&Co.Ltd was a very educational…

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    Terrorist, a word that means many different things to many different people, is painted by the media as an easily identifiable, one-dimensional, criminal in modern society. Google “terrorist”, and the only thing portrayed is turban wearing, automatic rifle carrying, Islamic extremist. Based on what has been learned through movies and mass media, the ability to identify a “terrorist” even when fully covered can be done based on the clothing and the surroundings in the images. American stereotypes…

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    The Influence Of ISIS

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    group will fight those who they believe have tampered with Islam itself, most specifically those in the western part of the world. This ideology has several governing principles, which Cole Bunzel discusses in his analysis paper From Paper State to Caliphate: The Ideology of the Islamic State. Some of the most…

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    Protest Against Morsi

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    In addition to this declaration, Morsi also passed a decree stating that he had the power to do anything that he thinks is in line with the vision of the revolution (Bertman). Once again this gave Morsi the power to pass any law, or deny any other idea which isn’t in line with his goal of making Egypt and Islamic State. With garbage piling up on the streets and poverty reaching over 26 percent, those who put their faith in Morsi following their protests against Mubarak slowly began pouring…

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    After the bubonic plague main Islamic dynasties were The Ottoman Empire, The Safavid Empire, and The Mughal Empire. Each empire share the core Islamic beliefs but they differ in their unique political features. The Ottomans adopted Sunni view of Islam, while inclusive the traditional ways of Byzantine Empire and trying new ways of integrating diverse people. The Safavids are the supporters of Shiite vision of Islam and Mughals ruled over the wealth but severed realm that is today’s India,…

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    UNDERSTANDING THE “CALIPHATE”: WHY PEOPLE JOIN ISIL The world has had a keen eye pointed towards the Middle East for years, but the recent conception and rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, has garnered a new caliber of attention. Gaining notoriety for their barbaric acts and militant extremism, ISIL is edging out al-Qaeda as the most powerful jihadi organization. The threats stemming from the existence of such a group reverberate far beyond the immediate Arab nations;…

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    The Islamic State is a large, violent, and Islamic organization that has recently emerged as the new face of terror following the Syrian revolution and the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. Their main goal is to establish a global caliphate and unite the Ummah. In July 2014 the Islamic State started its own propaganda magazine called Dabiq. In the first issue there is a feature article entitled “From Hijrah to Khilafah”. This article accounts the history, methods, and motives behind the Islamic…

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    stoning, hanging, beheading, and crucifixion. ISIS militants feel as if it’s their duty to build an Islamic state because that’s what the Muhammad and Allah would want them to do. On June 29th of 2014 ISIS publicly announces the creation of a caliphate. Caliphate simply means Islamic state. By building an Islamic State ISIS will erase all state borders, “making Al-Baghdadi the self-declared authority over the world 's estimated 1.5 billion Muslims” (BBC Middle…

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    In the past decade, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant grew to become an incredible threat. This threat found its very basis of reasoning through unfortunate misinterpretations of the Quran. In response, a number of Islamic scholars publically signed the “Open Letter to ISIS” that was directed at the members of ISIS and the leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. Through this roughly twenty-three page letter, the publically known beliefs of the Islamic State are refuted. The actions and words of the…

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    In 2014 a group of Jihadist militants announced a worldwide caliphate. These Sunni Islamic fundamentalists goal was to create an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Originally they were referred to as ISIL but the name currently adopted by the organisation is ISIS. However many of the governments of the western world have taken to referring to ISIS as Daesh as an attempt to degrade and undermine them. This essay will attempt to follow this trend, but will use the two names interchangeably. Since…

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