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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... al-Qahtani, Nayif, 47–9, 60 Qur'an, 23, 58, 74–6, 150, 161, 169–71, 181 and end of days, 169–70, 181, 188n70 portrayal of Jesus in, 106 recitation of, 74–5, 79, 117 and slavery, 112 Qur ... al-Suri, Abu Khalid, 86–8. 240. The isis ApocAlypse.
... al-Suri, Abu Mus'ab, 29, 51–2, 86–7, 97, 196n17, 217n13 Syria al-Bab, 89 Aleppo, 1, 96–8, 101–2, 109, 121 Dabiq, 102–5, 112, 147, 165, 173 Damascus, 22, 25, 32, 85, 100, 106, 109–10, 136, 166, 168 Free Syrian Army, 104, 108, 131 Ghouta ...
... al-Zawahiri, Ayman, 7, 11–17, 19, 31, 36, 142 and Abu Khalid al-Suri, 86 and apocalypticism, 28, 115, 146, 217n22 assumes leadership of al-Qaeda, 78 hearts-and-minds approach of, 8, 11–13, 41, 68, 141, 148 and Islamic State, 41, 78–9 ...
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