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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... killed wantonly. But when it came to Muslims, Bin Laden and Zawahiri were more cautious. They believed Muslim support was crucial for driving the Americans out of the Middle East and establishing Islamic states. It wouldn't do to make ...
... kill ordinary Shi'a considering that they are forgiven because of their ignorance? And what loss will befall us if we did not attack the Shi'a?” Another al-Qaeda leader in Bin Laden's inner circle, Atiyya Abd al-Rahman, was blunter in a ...
... killing them, “no matter what.”34 Atiyya also counseled Zarqawi to stop insisting Sunni rebels join his organization and leave other jihadist groups: “Whether they come into the organization with us or not ... they are our brothers.”35 ...
... killed Zarqawi on June 7, 2006, al-Qaeda in Iraq carried out its leader's dying wish. Rather than wait to establish the Islamic state until after the Americans withdrew and the Sunni masses backed the project, as Bin Laden and Zawahiri ...
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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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