enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Names of the Islamic State - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Islamic_State

    The name Daesh, considered pejorative by the Islamic State, [10] is the common term for the group used in the Muslim world. It is based on the Arabic letters Dāl , 'alif , `ayn , and shīn , which together form the acronym داعش ( Dāʿish ) of ISIL's 2013 name al- D awla a l-ʾIslāmiyya fī al- `I rāq wa al- Sh ām . [ 1 ]

  3. Islamic state (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_state_(disambiguation)

    Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or Daesh (based on its Arabic acronym), an outgrowth of ISI with a greater geographic scope Abu Sayyaf, also known as the Islamic State - East Asia Province; Islamic State – Algeria Province

  4. Daesh (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daesh_(disambiguation)

    Daesh is the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State, a Salafi jihadist terrorist and militant group. Daesh may also refer to: A nickname for the invasive species of blue crab Portunus segnis

  5. Paris attacks: What does 'Daesh' mean and why does ISIS ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/2015-11-17-paris-attacks-what...

    What is "daesh"? According to Arabic. When French President Francois Hollande addressed the nation Saturday in the aftermath of the Paris massacre, he vowed that France "will be unforgiving with ...

  6. List of Islamic State members - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Islamic_State_members

    Little is known about the leadership or members, as most use assumed names and many fight or appear in video with covered faces. [2] Most of its members are former officers and soldiers of Saddam Hussein 's regime under the then-ruling Iraqi regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party after its collapse in 2003 .

  7. Islamic state - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_state

    On the whole, the state retained most of the laws that were inherited from the British legal code that had been enforced by the British Raj since the 19th century. In 1956, the elected parliament formally adopted the name Islamic Republic of Pakistan, declaring Islam as the official religion.

  8. List of leaders of the Islamic State - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_the...

    [2] [3] He was cornered in a tunnel and died by self-detonating a suicide vest, killing alongside two other young children. [4] [5] 2 Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. أبو الحسن القرشي (1976–2022) 31 October 2019 3 February 2022 2 years, 95 days

  9. List of wars and battles involving the Islamic State - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_and_battles...

    The following is a list of conflicts involving the jihadist militant group known as the Islamic State (IS/ISIL/ISIS/Daesh), throughout its various incarnations. The group controlled portions of territory in Iraq and Syria in the mid-2010s and has taken part in many attacks, battles and wars.