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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. [1] As a translation of the Arabic term dawlah islāmiyyah (Arabic: دولة إسلامية) it refers to a modern notion associated with political Islam .
Abu al-Hussein was announced as the new leader of Islamic State by Abu Omar al-Muhajir, in the same audio that confirmed Abu al-Hasan's death. [10] The Islamic State announced on August 3, 2023 that Abu al-Hussein was killed by Tahrir al-Sham militants in Idlib province. [11] 5 Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. ابو حفص الهاشمي ...
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 Jihad") organization, founded by the Jihadist leader Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi in Jordan in 1999.
NPR uses "Islamic State" with the optional use of qualifiers in the first instance, then ISIS thereafter. [19] USA Today "identifies the group as the Islamic State, the Islamic State militant group, or the Islamic State extremist group." [20] The New York Times uses "Islamic State", choosing to explain it in context. [8]
Islamic State - often called ISIS, ISIL, or the pejorative Daesh - has also made its mark in parts of Africa. In Uganda, militants from IS-connected rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), staged a ...
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, a claim that the United States has publicly said it believes, and the militant group has since released what it says is footage from the ...
A caliph is the supreme religious and political leader of an Islamic state known as the caliphate. [1] [2] Caliphs (also known as 'Khalifas') led the Muslim Ummah as political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, [3] and widely-recognised caliphates have existed in various forms for most of Islamic history.
Islamic State has described the 26-year-old Syrian man taken into custody after a stabbing rampage in the western German city of Solingen as a "soldier" of the group. The Sunni militant group also ...