Synonyms
Al-Qaeda (main organization); Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI); Al-Sham (traditional name for Syria); Caliphate (Khalifat); Emir (Kalif); Islamic State (IS); Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS); Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); Levant (generally Iraq and Syria in the Middle East); Secular (not religiously affiliated); Shia (Shiite Persian sect of Islam that is based upon a different understanding of the succession and authority of leaders and other elements of Islam); Sunni(Arabic sect of Islam that places emphasis on the sayings, known as the Sunnah, of The Prophet Muhammad and his close relatives and colleagues during Islam’s formative years)
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Zakat (Muslim charity or Islamic social welfare system); Jihad (struggle of a personal nature against sin or when attacked by an enemy); Jihadism (an insurgency in the waging of a holy war); Insurgency (attacks by an armed group that is not part of a state military group); Ummah(the Muslim-Islamic community as a...
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Waits-Kamau, L.S. (2016). Shar’ia Law and the Social Policy of ISIS. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2647-1
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