The only reason was to eradicate islam, and the most effective weapon was this western culture which the missionaries brandished and incipiently cut into their willing victims. This research note discusses the tactics and strategies of the united states to counter the islamic state in iraq and the levant isil from the onset of operation inherent resolve beginning on 8 august 2014 and continuing into early 2015. Islamic state is often called medieval but is in fact very modern a horrific expression of a widespread frustration with a globalised western model that promises freedom and prosperity. Pdf the islamic state, proclaimed on 29 june 2014, has tremendously shaken up the middle east and. Received a phd in islamic studies in baghdad before founding jamaat jaish ahl alsunnah wal jamaa in 2003 to fight us forces. Hijrah 2015 to the islamic state see other formats.
This work is licensed under a creative commons attribution 3. The paper details the implemented strategies and the difficulties of finding a viable solution to tackle isis. Islamic state is is a radical sunni islamist militant group that has seized large swathes of territory in eastern syria and across northern and western iraq. The islamic states takeover of ramadi, iraq, on may 15 was one of the greatest u. The islamic state in khorasan province iskp is a branch of the salafi militant organization, the islamic state, that is active in afghanistan and pakistan key statistics 2015 first recorded activity. The semiofficial islamic state manifesto on women believed to be the first of its kind was published on a jihadi forum in arabic last month and is purported to be by the media wing of the.
The text, which was uploaded by the allfemale alkhanssaa brigade s. Relations with the islamic world analysis paper no. The groups leaders explicitly adhere to this movement. Islamic state or daish aldawla alislamiya fi aliraq wa alsham has been a product of state failure, civil war and the repression of sunnis by the shiite government of nouri almaliki in iraq and by the atrocities of the.
The obama administrations approach towards the islamic state terrorist organization as of 2015. Challenging the narrative of the islamic state icct. Islamic states driving force, bbc 31 july 2014, accessed 11 january. Isis, islamic state of iraq and the levant isil, daesh the arabic.
The rise and fall of isis hague centre for strategic studies. Issn 23343745 online disclaimer, terms and conditions. In the summer of 2014, over the course of one hundred days, the islamic state of iraq and the levant isis transformed the politics of the middle east. Perspectives on terrorism is a journal of the terrorism research initiative and the center for terrorism and security studies. The islamic state of iraq and alsham greater syria isis a. Since late 2014 the islamic state has declared war on saudi arabia and. Study of radicalisation and political violence, 26 january 2015. On 23 january 2015, online supporters of islamic state is the group that now controls a territory larger than the united kingdom and spans across the border between syria and iraq began circulating a document entitled women in the islamic state. The islamic state, like alqaeda, identifies with a movement in islamic political thought known as jihadisalafism, or jihadism for short. The islamic state, proclaimed on 29 june 2014, has tremendously shaken up the middle east and the whole world forcing hostile and friendly states alike to close ranks and create a collective. The legal foundations of the islamic state brookings institution.
Female jihadis publish guide to life under islamic state. Beginning in 2015, the islamic state began to lose territory as it faced increasingly effective resistance from local government forces, u. How to think about islamic state books the guardian. The ideology of the islamic state brookings institution. Pdf the challenge of the islamic state researchgate.