The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic StateMacmillan + ORM, 2015 M09 22 - 258 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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... commander of the faithful . ” 39 No one had ever heard of him , not even other jihadists . STATE OF CONFUSION The Islamic State called its mysterious leader the " commander.
... commander of the faithful " to encourage jihadists to think of him as the caliph without 40 explicitly saying so . Historically , Muslims reserved that title for the early Islamic caliphs , the spiritual and temporal heads of a vast ...
... commander of the faithful, Mullah Omar? 44 Another jihadist Internet commentator summarized the confusion rampant in the private discussion boards where jihadists hung out before the advent of Twitter. “How can we pledge allegiance to ...
... commander of the faithful , ” Abu Umar al- Baghdadi , announced the dissolution of al - Qaeda , and reassigned all its fighters to the Islamic State of Iraq . “ All of them have pledged allegiance unto death in the path of God , " Masri ...
... commander should never say . " The speech gave the impression that they were " extremists and gave life to the notion that they are self - absorbed and too hasty ! " Atiyya worried that if " they continue in this way , they will become ...
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