Islamic State

Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist militant organisation and internationally unrecognised quasi-state. IS occupied a significant amount of territory in Iraq and Syria from 2013 to 2016, but lost most of it between 2017 and 2019. In 2014, the group proclaimed itself to be a worldwide caliphate and claimed religious and political authority over all Muslims worldwide, a claim not accepted by the vast majority of Muslims. It is designated as a terrorist organisation by the United Nations and many countries around the world, including Muslim countries.

Also known as...

Daesh, ISIL, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, ISIS, Islamic State Group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, The Islamic State, IS, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Islamic State of Iraq and Sham, Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham, Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Shām, Islamic State in Iraq and Sham, Islamic State in Iraq ande Sham, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, Daish, Islamic state of Iraq and Sham, and Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham

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