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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... Sufyani al-Adl, Sayf, 7–10, 183nS-6, 185n58, 193rm.44 al-Adnani, Abu Muhammad, 93–4, 97, 215n 147 Afghanistan, 25, 28, 31, 39, 87,91, 101, 155 Herat training camp, 8 and Taliban, 7, 9–10, 18, 44, 80, 129–30, 149 Africa Central African ...
... Sufyani, 108–9 and Sunni Islam, 24, 28, 100, 108–9, 115, 122, 145–7, 161, 163–71, 173–5 twelve caliphs, 114–18, 179–81 “twelve thousand,” 50–2, 60 and Yazidis, 111–14 See also Mahdi (Muslim savior, “the Rightly-Guided One ...
... Sufyani, 108–9 Sulayman, 103, 105 Sun Tzu, 81 Sunni Islam 1920 Revolution Brigade, 37 and al-Qaeda, 35–9 and apocalyptic prophecies, 24, 28, 100, 108–9, 115, 122, 145–7, 161, 163–71, 173–5 and Baghdadi, 74–5 and flags, 110 in Iraq, 12 ...
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