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The Islamic State operated in India and the Kashmir region through its Islamic State Jammu & Kashmir (ISJK) branch, which had begun in February 2016. [134] The Islamic State – Khorasan Province declared Wilayah [Wilayat] al-Hind (India Province) for IS on 11 May 2019 after clashes in Jammu and Kashmir in which ISJK leader Ishfaq Ahmad Sofi ...
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 .
The first-ever establishment of an Islamic polity goes back to the Islamic State of Medina, which was established by Muhammad in the city of Medina in 622 CE. Following his death in 632 CE, his immediate successors established the Rashidun Caliphate .
Islamic State – Azerbaijan Province (IS-AP, Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية – ولاية أذربيجان, romanized: al-Dawlah al-Islāmīyah – Wilāyat Adharbayjān, Azerbaijani: İslam Dövləti – Azərbaycan vilayəti) Is an Islamic State Province/Wilayah located in Azerbaijan.
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 ...
The Islamic State – Khorasan Province [a] (ISIS–K, IS–K, IS–KP) is a regional branch of the Salafi jihadist group Islamic State (IS) active in South-Central ...
It was also the capital of the Islamic State from 2014 to 2017. With a population of 531,952 based on the 2021 official census, Raqqa is the sixth largest city in Syria. [2] During the Syrian Civil War, the city was captured in 2013 by the Syrian opposition and then by the Islamic State.
The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI; Arabic: دولة العراق الإسلامية Dawlat al-ʿIrāq al-ʾIslāmiyyah) was a Salafi jihadist militant organization that fought the forces of the U.S.-led coalition during the Iraqi insurgency.