Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Islamic State (IS), and by its Arabic language acronym Daesh is a Salafi jihadist unrecognised state and militant group that follow afundamentalist, Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam.
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"We will destroy ISIL and any other organization that tries to harm us. Our success won't depend on tough talk, or abandoning our values or giving into fear. That's what groups like ISIL are hoping for," Barack Obama said from the Oval Office.
Kimberley Taylor, 27, who quit UK last year to join all-female military unit, says she is willing to give her life to end extremism
She said she had travelled to the frontline in Syria in October and is involved in the push towards Raqqa, Isis's de facto capital and the likely battleground for the group's last stand against the coalition Syrian Democratic Forces.
"I'm willing to give my life for this," she said in a phone interview from her frontline base 19 miles (30km) from Raqqa.
"It's for the whole world, for humanity and all oppressed people, everywhere. It's not just [Isis's] killing and raping. It's its systematic mental and physical torture on a scale we can't imagine."
"I'm willing to give my life for this," she said in a phone interview from her frontline base 19 miles (30km) from Raqqa.
"It's for the whole world, for humanity and all oppressed people, everywhere. It's not just [Isis's] killing and raping. It's its systematic mental and physical torture on a scale we can't imagine."
What ISIS Really Wants?
The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here's what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.
Here is a video on how Syria is growing and spreading chaos of civil war, which is conducted with the support of third parties, and how it creates a space for the emergence of ISIL
ISIS wants to rule the state created them, which operates on the basis of fundamentalist teachings, and, if possible, to expand its territory.
But William Makkants scholar at the Brookings Institution dealing with the jihadist ideology, one sentence said: "They want to restore the Islamic empire in its original form - the so-called Caliphate, and finally, to establish authority over the world."
But William Makkants scholar at the Brookings Institution dealing with the jihadist ideology, one sentence said: "They want to restore the Islamic empire in its original form - the so-called Caliphate, and finally, to establish authority over the world."
Arailym Zhusupova, senior research fellow of the Research and Analytical Center for Religious Affairs of the Ministry of Culture and Sports asked for our questions.
- What ISIS may enter a person into custody?
- For violation of Sharia law, including crimes such as cigarette smoking, as well as the opposition to the rule of ISIS or belonging to other insurgent groups.
- Against whom specific ISIS's actions?
- Against the official authorities of Iraq and Syria. ISIS is recognized as a terrorist organization in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Russia. He maintains an active extremist activities and is responsible for many of the attacks against US and NATO forces in Iraq, the Iraqi military, and also against civilians and civilian objects.
- How serious is the threat of ISIS Kazakhstani society?
- Unfortunately, it is very hard to resist such radical groups as the ISIS, while the flow of information more kills our citizens outside their native land. What are the causes, what are the objectives, what was weak, our society, and what we must be prepared - these questions have not yet been adequately answered. One thing is clear: it's happened, hundreds of our citizens went to war for the caliphate. Kazakhstan took the children in their still immature little hands the gun ... What is it? Unless their parents have dreamed about it, we are now taking them to the military training ground ?! These things are hard to understand. According to official data of RK Security Council, in the last six months the number of departures of Kazakhstan amounted to about 400 people.
Of course, the competent authorities carried out extensive work on information security on the Internet, but the Internet sites with radical content and appeals are created daily, actively pursuing outreach activities and especially among young people. Extremists, playing on the religious feelings of believers, posting videos on the network with calls to create a "global, equitable, Muslim order", quickly gain the trust of people, often religious illiterates.
- How should we confront ISIS?
- First of all, I think, through the increase of spirituality of the society, and an explanation of the cultivation of true spiritual values, leading to humanity, honesty, justice, instill a love for the country, for the people, respect for national traditions and customs.
- What ISIS may enter a person into custody?
- For violation of Sharia law, including crimes such as cigarette smoking, as well as the opposition to the rule of ISIS or belonging to other insurgent groups.
- Against whom specific ISIS's actions?
- Against the official authorities of Iraq and Syria. ISIS is recognized as a terrorist organization in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Russia. He maintains an active extremist activities and is responsible for many of the attacks against US and NATO forces in Iraq, the Iraqi military, and also against civilians and civilian objects.
- How serious is the threat of ISIS Kazakhstani society?
- Unfortunately, it is very hard to resist such radical groups as the ISIS, while the flow of information more kills our citizens outside their native land. What are the causes, what are the objectives, what was weak, our society, and what we must be prepared - these questions have not yet been adequately answered. One thing is clear: it's happened, hundreds of our citizens went to war for the caliphate. Kazakhstan took the children in their still immature little hands the gun ... What is it? Unless their parents have dreamed about it, we are now taking them to the military training ground ?! These things are hard to understand. According to official data of RK Security Council, in the last six months the number of departures of Kazakhstan amounted to about 400 people.
Of course, the competent authorities carried out extensive work on information security on the Internet, but the Internet sites with radical content and appeals are created daily, actively pursuing outreach activities and especially among young people. Extremists, playing on the religious feelings of believers, posting videos on the network with calls to create a "global, equitable, Muslim order", quickly gain the trust of people, often religious illiterates.
- How should we confront ISIS?
- First of all, I think, through the increase of spirituality of the society, and an explanation of the cultivation of true spiritual values, leading to humanity, honesty, justice, instill a love for the country, for the people, respect for national traditions and customs.
Facts and statistics about ISIS:
Started as an al Qaeda splinter group.
Also known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Islamic State (IS).
ISIS aims to create an Islamic state called a caliphate across Iraq, Syria and beyond.
The group is implementing Sharia Law, rooted in eighth century Islam, to establish a society that mirrors the region's ancient past.
ISIS is known for killing dozens of people at a time and carrying out public executions, crucifixions and other acts.
ISIS uses modern tools like social media to promote reactionary politics and religious fundamentalism. Fighters are destroying holy sites and valuable antiquities even as their leaders propagate a return to the early days of Islam.
In 2014, ISIS controlled more than 34,000 square miles in Syria and Iraq, from the Mediterranean coast to south of Baghdad. In April of 2015, the Pentagon announced that the group had lost about a quarter of its land.
ISIS is believed to be holding 3,500 people as slaves, according to a 2016 United Nationsreport. Most of the enslaved are women and children from the Yazidi community, but some are from other ethnic and religious minority communities.
Dabiq, Syria, "is where the Prophet Mohammed is supposed to have predicted that the armies of Islam and 'Rome' would meet for the final battle that will precede the end of time and the triumph of true Islam," according to CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen.
ISIS's strategy for revenue includes oil production and smuggling, taxes, ransoms from kidnappings, selling stolen artifacts, extortion and controlling crops.
Started as an al Qaeda splinter group.
Also known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Islamic State (IS).
ISIS aims to create an Islamic state called a caliphate across Iraq, Syria and beyond.
The group is implementing Sharia Law, rooted in eighth century Islam, to establish a society that mirrors the region's ancient past.
ISIS is known for killing dozens of people at a time and carrying out public executions, crucifixions and other acts.
ISIS uses modern tools like social media to promote reactionary politics and religious fundamentalism. Fighters are destroying holy sites and valuable antiquities even as their leaders propagate a return to the early days of Islam.
In 2014, ISIS controlled more than 34,000 square miles in Syria and Iraq, from the Mediterranean coast to south of Baghdad. In April of 2015, the Pentagon announced that the group had lost about a quarter of its land.
ISIS is believed to be holding 3,500 people as slaves, according to a 2016 United Nationsreport. Most of the enslaved are women and children from the Yazidi community, but some are from other ethnic and religious minority communities.
Dabiq, Syria, "is where the Prophet Mohammed is supposed to have predicted that the armies of Islam and 'Rome' would meet for the final battle that will precede the end of time and the triumph of true Islam," according to CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen.
ISIS's strategy for revenue includes oil production and smuggling, taxes, ransoms from kidnappings, selling stolen artifacts, extortion and controlling crops.
