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State Accompli: The Political Consolidation of the Islamic State Prior to the Caliphate

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2021
This study examines the successful consolidation of the Islamic State movement within the Sunni insurgency in Iraq from 2003 to 2014. We rely on insurgent media releases, captured documents, and a declassified U.S.
N. Khan, Craig Whiteside
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The effects of Assad’s atrocities and the call to foreign fighters to come to Syria on the rise and fall of the ISIS Caliphate

Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 2020
The present study is a targeted analysis of in-depth interviews of ISIS defectors, returnees, and imprisoned cadres about the motivational effects of the Assad regime’s atrocities against the Syrian people and how they bolstered the calls to foreign ...
A. Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg
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The Caliph and the Caliphate

2019
This chapter analyzes the views on the nature of authority in Islam, diverse visions of the caliphate and its relation to sultanate as a political regime, and portrayals of the perfect ruler through archetype-building and reinterpretation of Islamic history. The emergence of Turko-Mongolian dynasties whose Islamic credentials were at best questionable,
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IN TÜRKİYE THE CALIPHATE AND THE BACKGROUND OF THE CALIPHATE

2022
ÖZ“Halife” Arapça bir kelimedir. Kelime anlamı olarak peygamberin halefi ve kendisinden sonra yerine kaim olmak üzere İslam dünyasının en büyük reisinin yani imamın unvanıdır. Hz. Muhammed’in haleflerine “halife” denilmektedir. “Hilafet” lügatte bir kimseye halef olmak, ardından gelip yerine geçmek anlamına gelmektedir.
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Conceptualizing the Caliphate, 632–1517 CE

, 2017
This chapter begins with a discussion of how the embodied practice of the earliest generations of Muslims was essential in consolidating a nearly universal Islamic consensus upon the obligation of appointing a leader for the Muslim community.
Mona Hassan
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Alternative Political Projects of Territoriality and Governance during the Syrian War: The Caliphate Vs Democratic Confederalism

, 2020
Following the Arab Spring and the Syrian war, two non-state actors, the Islamic State (IS; also known as ISIS or ISIL) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD), deployed their political projects of the caliphate and democratic confederalism, respectively ...
Cemil Boyraz
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The language policy of the Caliphate State

, 2020
This article examines and critiques the macro top-down constitutional language policy of the so-called the Caliphate State, often referred to by the acronyms ISIS and ISIL.
Mashail Haydar Ali
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The Online Caliphate: Internet Usage and ISIS Support in the Arab World

Terrorism and Political Violence, 2019
Experts argue that the internet has provided expanded opportunities for violent extremist groups to propagandize and recruit. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, is an exemplar in that it has heavily invested in an online presence and uses ...
James A. Piazza, Ahmet Guler
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Caliphate Redefined

, 2018
The medieval theory of the caliphate, epitomized by the Abbasids (750–1258), was the construct of jurists who conceived it as a contractual leadership of the Muslim community in succession to the Prophet Muhammed's political authority.
Huseyin Yilmaz
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The Structure of the Caliphate

2020
‘The Structure of the Khilafah (Caliphate)’ is a video published by al-Furqan Media on 6 July 2016 that attempts to explain the governing structure of the Islamic State.1 The video’s narrator, a member of the media department, goes into great deal about the relationship between the caliph and the Delegated Committee, bureaus, and provinces that fall ...
Haroro Ingram, Craig Whiteside, Charlie Winter   +2 more
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