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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... fight and govern by their own version of Machiavelli's dictum, “It is far safer to be feared than loved.” They stir messianic fervor rather than suppress it. They want God's kingdom now rather than later. This is not Bin Laden's jihad ...
... fight in the war , he soon returned to Jordan , where he failed as a terrorist and spent time behind bars for his effort . Now out of prison , Zarqawi had come back to Afghanistan to gather money and recruits for his cause.4 Al ...
... fight against the Muslims. The Americans served the same master.19 Zarqawi's hatred of the Shi'a made him lose sight of his long-term political goals. When he applied for membership in al-Qaeda in February 2004, he did not mention an ...
... fighting the sects of apostasy , we will be your readied soldiers , working under your banner , complying with your orders , and indeed swearing fealty to you publicly and in the news media , vexing the infidels and gladdening those who ...
... fighting for : the establishment of the caliphate . “ My brother , ” Atiyya wrote , " what use is it for us to delight in some operations and successful strikes when the immediate repercussion is a defeat for us of our call , and a loss ...
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