The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic StateSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2015 M09 22 - 256 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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... al-Qaeda from the start. Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri wanted to build popular Muslim support before declaring the caliphate. The Islamic State wanted to impose a caliphate regardless of what the ...
... Al-Qaeda's leader, Bin Laden, was the son of a wealthy Saudi building contractor, and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was a surgeon who had run an Egyptian terror group before merging part of it with al-Qaeda. Both men would oversee the ...
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Contents
Mahdi and Mismanagement | 31 |
Bannermen | 47 |
Resurrection and Tribulation | 73 |
Sectarian Apocalypse | 99 |
Caliphate Reborn | 121 |
Conclusion | 145 |
Sunni Islamic Prophecies of the End Times | 161 |
The Mahdi Is Preceded by an Islamic State | 177 |
Index | 233 |
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