1st Edition
The Internationalization of ISIS The Muslim State in Iraq and Syria
By Raphael Israeli
Copyright 2016
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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An Islamic terrorist movement, ISIS (also dubbed IS or ISIL), has taken advantage of the chaotic "Arab Spring" in Syria and Iraq to declare an Islamic Caliphate wherever it has been able to rise to power. This movement is continuously attempting to extend the territory of its rule. The Egyptian Sinai Peninsula and the Libyan post-Qaddafi desert country have sworn allegiance to the Caliphate and... Read more
Contents
Acknowledgments
1 ISIS in the Web of Radical Muslims
2 ISIS, a State in the Making
3 Other International and Transnational Radical Movements (Al-Qa'ida, Muslim Brothers, Taliban, Boko Haram)
4 Statehood or Nationalism vs. Caliphate
5 Muslim Radicals in the West
Conclusions
Selected Bibliography
Analytical Idex: Names, Places, Events,Terms and Concepts
Biography
Raphael Israeli
