The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic StateMacmillan, 2015 M09 22 - 242 pages Based almost entirely on primary sources in Arabic--including ancient religious texts and secret al-Qaeda and Islamic State letters that few have seen--William McCants's The ISIS Apocalypse explores how religious fervor, strategic calculation, and doomsday prophecy shaped the Islamic State's past and foreshadow its dark future. |
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... 99–102, 105, 107–8, 110, 118, 164, 166–7, 171, 177, 180–1 Shami Witness (online pseudonym), 96 Shari'a committees, 115–16, 179 Shari'a law, 37, 56, 61–2, 67, 83–4, 181 Shi'a Islam and apocalyptic prophecies, 24, 107–8, 111, 147 and ...
... 80, 129–30, 149 See also Omar, Mullah Muhammad Timbuktu, Mali, 62–3 Tunisia, 70,99, 102, 110, 130 Turkey, 8, 20, 97, 102, 104,122, 131 “twelve thousand” prophecy, 50–2, 60 Uganda, Kampala, 67 Uhud, battle of, 26, 134 Umayyads, 22, 24–7 ...
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