1.Daniel Hurst, “Tony Abbott Intensifies Rhetoric about Isis, Calling It an ‘Apocalyptic Death Cult,’” Guardian, September 30, 2014.
2.Islamic State, Black Flags from Palestine (Magic, Deception & War), 2015, 130.
3.Jacqueline Klimas, “U.S. Bombers Hold Fire on Islamic State Targets amid Ground Intel Blackout,” Washington Times, May 31, 2015.
4.Julie Hirschfeld Davis, “Obama to Present Case for Broader U.S. Mission against Militants,” New York Times, September 7, 2014.
5.Jordan Schachtel, “Daily Jihad: Obama’s ‘Vetted’ Free Syrian Army Joining Forces with Islamic State Terror Group,” Breitbart, September 9, 2014.
6.“FSA Brigades Pledge Allegiance to ISIS in Al Bukamal, East Syria,” Zaman Alwasl, July 7, 2014.
7.Erin Banco, “James Foley Allegedly Used as Token of Allegiance by Group That Joined ISIS,” International Business Times, August 20, 2014.
8.Elise Knutsen, “Frustration Drives Arsal’s FSA into ISIS Ranks,” Daily Star, September 8, 2014; Schachtel, “Daily Jihad: Obama’s ‘Vetted’ Free Syrian Army.”
9.Patrick J. McDonnell, “Lack of Reliable Partners in Syria Poses Daunting Challenge to U.S.,” Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2014.
10.Mona Mahmood, “US Air Strikes in Syria Driving Anti-Assad Groups to Support Isis,” Guardian, November 23, 2014.
11.Tim Lister, “Has ISIS peaked? Terror Group Suffers Setbacks in Iraq,” CNN, November 14, 2014.
12.Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, “ISIS Is Losing Its Greatest Weapon: Momentum: Evidence Suggests That the Islamic State’s Power Has Been Declining for Months,” Atlantic, January 6, 2015.
13.Tim Lister, “For ISIS, Tough Times as It Seeks to Regroup,” CNN, January 28, 2015.
14.Kenneth M. Pollack, “ISIS Is Losing in Iraq. But What Happens Next?,” New York Times, February 4, 2015.
15.Jim Michaels, “Pentagon: ISIL Pushed out of 25% of Its Territory,” USA Today, April 14, 2015.
16.Zack Beauchamp and Johnny Harris, “ISIS Is Losing. Watch How and Why It’s Happening,” Vox, April 15, 2015.
17.Hamdi Alkhshali, Arwa Damon and Jethro Mullen, “Ramadi Could Fall as ISIS Militants Lay Siege, Iraqi Official Warns,” CNN, April 15, 2015.
18.Tim Mak, “Exclusive: Pentagon Map Hides ISIS Gains,” Daily Beast, April 22, 2015.
19.“M.S.S. Updates,” http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/.
20.Hamdi Alkhshali, “ISIS on Offensive in Iraq’s Ramadi, Taking over Mosque and Government Buildings,” CNN News, May 15, 2015.
21.“White House: Obama’s Strategy against the Islamic State Has ‘Overall’ Been a Success,” Washington Free Beacon, May 19, 2015.
22.Associated Press, “US Defense Secretary Says Fall of Ramadi Shows Iraqi Forces Lack Will to Fight ISIS,” Guardian, May 24, 2015.
23.Anne Barnard and Hwaida Saad, “ISIS Fighters Seize Control of Syrian City of Palmyra, and Ancient Ruins, New York Times, May 20, 2015; Greg Botelho, “ISIS Is ‘Everywhere’ in Syria’s Ancient City of Palmyra,” CNN News, May 22, 2015
24.Oliver Lane, “ISIS Puts Captured Roman Amphitheatre Back into Use as Venue for Execution for Entertainment,” Breitbart, May 30, 2015.
25.Liz Sly, “While Nobody Was Looking, the Islamic State Launched a New, Deadly Offensive,” Washington Post, June 1, 2015.
26.John David Lewis, “‘No Substitute for Victory’: The Defeat of Islamic Totalitarianism,” The Objective Standard, vol. 1, no. 4, Winter 2006–2007.
27.William Napier, History Of General Sir Charles Napier’s Administration Of Scinde (Chapman and Hall, 1851), 35.
28.Tim Hume, “Why the U.S. Government Is ‘Trolling’ Jihadists on Social Media,” CNN, April 18, 2014.
29.Ibid.
30.Martin Beckford and Abul Taher, “Internet Gaffe by US Government as UK Extremist’s Sharia Law Photo Used in Free Speech Ad,” Daily Mail, March 15, 2015.
31.Lesley Stahl, “Homeland Security: Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Talks about the Evolving Role of His Department’s Massive Security Efforts,” CBS News, April 5, 2015.
32.Lorna Knowles, “Sydney Siege: Man behind Martin Place Standoff Was Iranian Man Haron Monis, Who Had Violent Criminal History,” Australian Broadcasting Corporation, December 15, 2014.
33.Marialaura Conte, “With Isis, because I Love Death More than You Love Life,” Oasis, March 4, 2015.
INDEX
A
Abase, Amira, 153
Abbasid caliphate, xiii, 1, 171, 210–12, 214–15, 232
Abbott, Tony, 283, 294
Abbottabad compound, 8, 14, 16
Abdullah, King, 3, 266, 290
Abdulmecid I, 216
Abdulmecid II, 219–20
Abdul Rahman III, 211
Abe, Shinzo, 111–12, 227
Abousamra, Abdul, 150
Abousamra, Ahmad, 140, 150–52
Abrahms, Max, 76
Abu Bakr (successor of Muhammad), 196–200
Abu Ghraib prison, xv, 11, 78
Abu Sayyaf, 193–94
Adnani, Abu Muhammad, xvi, 41–47, 140, 160, 224, 253
adultery, punishment for, 137, 237, 248
Affan, Uthman ibn, 204
Afghanistan, 14, 68, 180, 210, 255
al-Qaeda in, 93
ISIS and, 44, 49, 145, 192–93, 227, 276
Soviets and, xiv, 2–87
Taliban in, 186
terrorist presence in, xiv, 3
U.S. military and, xiv, 64, 75, 78, 85, 98, 291, 294
Afri, Abu Alaa, 147–48
Africa, xiii, 15, 24, 97, 107, 182–83, 190, 194, 208, 211
Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, 249
airstrikes, xxiii, 45, 85, 87, 146–47, 226, 241, 284–87
deaths caused by, xiv, 5, 152
Aisha (wife of Muhammad), 195–96, 206
Aladany, Ziyad Shammo, 156
Alamoudi, Abdurrahman, 152
al-Andalus (Muslim Spain), 211, 213, 253
Al-Aqsa Mosque, 164
Alawite, 105, 109
Al-Azhar University, 133, 168, 170–71
alcohol, punishments for drinking, 131, 238
Aleppo, xvi, 140, 174, 214, 289
Algeria, 44, 180, 187, 192, 227, 256
Ali, Ayaan Hirsi, 260
Al Jazeera network, 5, 165
Al Jazeera Province, 192
al-Khansa brigade, 154, 156
Allah, Abd, 213
allahu akbar, 51, 153, 222
Almouthanna, Abu, 159–61
al-Qaeda, xxii, 26, 113, 152, 191, 257, 260, 292–93
jihadi membership in, xvi, 93, 104, 285
Muslim criticism of, 22, 31
possible reconciliation with ISIS, 147–48
reestablishing the caliphate and, 12, 14–15, 32, 34–35, 186–88
September 11 attacks, xiv, xxi
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), 58
affiliates of, xvi
solidarity with ISIS, xvi, 15–16, 51, 53, 191, 193
al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
history of, xiv–xv, 4–5, 147–48, 150
as precursor to ISIS, xiv–xv, xxiii, 113
Sunni opposition to, 125, 288
al-Qaeda in the Land of Two Rivers, xiv, 4–5, 27
al Quds University, 245
American Airlines, 92
American Freedom Defense Initiative, xviii
Among the Believers, 118
Anbar Awakening, xiv, 125
Anbar Province, xiv–xvi, 106, 125, 288
Andalusia, xiii, 190, 213–14
An-Nashwan, Abu Malik, 133–34
Ansi, Aswad al-, 197
Ansi, Nasr bin Ali al-, 16
apostasy, punishments for, 25, 137, 216, 235, 239, 241, 245, 248–49, 251, 261
Arab Awakenings, 76
Arab Spring, xv, 105
Armed Islamic Group (GIA), 256
Armenia, 202
Armstrong, Eugene, 4
Arvada, CO, 91
Arvada West High School, 91
As, Amr ibn al-, 201
Ashari, Abu Musa al-, 207
Asia, Asians, 24, 107, 208, 210, 214, 233–34
Assad, Bashar al-, 93, 129, 135, 159, 161, 285
crackdown on Arab Spring protest, xv, 105–6, 154
forces fighting against, xv, xxv, 6, 105–7, 109, 143–44, 190, 227, 285–86, 290
As-Saffah, Abu’l Abbas, 171
Assassins, the, 16–18
Associated Press, 80, 116, 164
Atatürk, Kemal, xiii, 219–20, 247
atheism, xviii, 32, 46, 84, 181, 249
Australia, 283
as ISIS target, 39, 44–45, 183, 278
support for ISIS in, 21, 39, 69, 78, 84–90, 141, 152, 294
Australian, 69
Awlaki, Anwar al-, 61
Azawad, 104
B
Bachmann, Michele, 63
Badawi, Jamal, 245
Badri, Irbrahim Awad Ibrahim al-. See Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-
Baghdad, 10, 144, 211–12, 287
ISIS and, xv, xxiii, 8–9, 125, 139–40, 163, 253, 287–88
Shi’ite regime in control of, 6, 105, 114, 124–25, 163, 286, 290
Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al- (a.k.a. Caliph Ibrahim)
allegiance to, 52, 175, 191, 194, 272
background of, 10, 144–45
descendant of Muhammad, 171
establishing of caliphate, xv, 10–11, 40, 100, 134, 139, 146, 178–83, 251
Muslim criticism of, 204, 244–45
previous imprisonment of, 11–12, 37, 145, 160
reported as injured or dead, 146–47
wristwatch of, 185
Balkan Ghosts: A Journey through History, 121
Banna, Hasan al-, xiii, 188–90, 268
Bathy, Nora el-, 153
Battle of Badr, 4, 205
Battle of the Camel, 206
Battle of Karbala, 209
Battle of Lepanto, 215
Battle of Manzikert, 211
Battle of Nahrawan, 207
Battle of Siffin, 207
Battle of Tours, 210
Battle of Uhud, 205
Battle of Yarmouk, 199
BBC, 70
Begin, Menachem, 273
Begum, Shamima, 153
beheadings, xvii, xxiii, 16, 64–65, 72–73, 75, 84, 130–31, 144–35, 160, 172, 191, 221, 226–28, 230
Alan Henning, 227
Ali Al-Sayyed, 227
David Haines, 227
Egyptian Christians, 227
Ethiopian Christians, 133
Eugene Armstrong, 4
Haruna Yukawa, 111, 227
Hervé Gourdel, 227
Jack Hensley, 4
James Foley, xvi, 111, 164, 227, 285
Kenji Goto, 111–12, 227
Nick Berg, xiv
Peter Kassig, 227
for smoking, 137
Steven Sotloff, 227
Syrian soldiers, 227
Belgium, 67, 113, 255
Ben Ali, 105
Benghazi, terror attack on, 260
Berg, Nicholas, xiv, 3–4
Biden, Joe, xxiv, 221, 243
Bilal, Charles Aziz, 58
Bilardi, Jake, 84–91
bin Laden, Osama, xiv, 3, 5–6, 12, 40, 92, 147
death of, 6, 8, 32
differences with ISIS, xxiv, 8, 15–16, 26–27, 35
founding a caliph, 1, 14–16
Zarqawi aligns with, xiv, 3–5, 27
Biswas, Mehdi Masroor, 94
black flag of jihad, 7, 49, 59, 62, 69, 70, 153
Black Flags from Arabia, 252
Black Flags from the East, 252
Black Flags from Palestine (Magic, Deception & War), 266–78, 283
Black Flags from Persia, 252
Black Flags from Rome, 252–66, 273, 279
Black Flags from Syria, 252
Blair, Tony, 78
Bloom, Harold, 213
Boghardt, Lori Plotkin, 110
Boko Haram, xvi, xxii, 98
Booker, John Thomas, Jr., 55–56
Boston Marathon bombing, 57, 152, 154, 263
Brant, James, 217
Brennan, John, 9
#BringBackOurGirls, xxi, 233
Brinsley, Ismaaiyl Abdullah, 46–49, 57
Britain, British, 73, 79, 86, 146, 178, 180, 216–18, 224, 227, 252, 291
Muslims in, 233–34, 258–59, 293
postwar Middle East and, 9, 246
support for ISIS, xxii, 62, 64, 67–68, 77, 82, 84, 113, 141, 148–49, 152–54, 156, 159, 161, 246
Brown, Michael, 47–48
Bush, George W., 43, 46, 62, 78, 113–15
Buwayhid (or Buyid) dynasty, 211
Byrnes, James, 291
Byzantine Eastern Roman Empire, 104–5, 195, 199–200, 203, 211, 214
C
Cage (far-Left British group), 149
#CalamityWillBefallUS, 61–62
caliphate, the
al-Qaeda and, 14–16, 32
confusion over name, 222–24
criticism of, 143, 171, 176–78, 180
currency, 163–64
deserters, 158–61
history of previous caliphates, xiii–xv, 1, 16, 22–23, 109, 171, 181, 195–220, 247
ideal caliph, 169–71
Islamic State’s declaration of, xxii–xxv, 10, 12, 15–16, 38, 40, 42, 49, 53, 62, 79, 95, 106–7, 124–26, 145–46, 167, 172–76, 178–79, 185
laws and punishments in, 130–31, 226–27
leadership of, 162–63
Muslims who have joined, 39, 52, 68–72, 77–78, 90, 100–1, 143, 153, 161
other attempts to restore, 186–90
passports, 164
planned expansion of, 251–81
pledges of allegiance to, 134, 191–94
significance of, 72, 78, 167–69, 249–50
Cameron, David, xxiv, 153, 221, 224
Camp Bucca, 10–12, 37, 145
Canada, xxii, 38, 44, 49, 82
Canning Stratford, 216–17
Cantlie, John, 73
Carter, Ashton, 288
Catholics, Catholicism, 8–9, 67, 86, 116, 119, 122, 126, 200
Caucasus, 44, 104, 180, 253
CENTCOM, 74, 76
Center for Terrorism and Security Studies, 68, 70
Cerantonio, Musa, 78–79
Ceric, Mustafa, 245
Chalcedon, 104
Charles the Hammer. See Martel, Charles
Charlie Hebdo terror attacks, xv, 37, 51–52, 91, 260–61, 281
Chicago, IL, 79, 81, 93, 251
China, 78, 88, 180
Choudary, Anjem, 153, 258
Christians, Christianity, 71, 84, 91, 105, 134, 169, 185, 260, 265, 270, 276–77, 295
artifacts destroyed by Muslims, 116, 121–23, 126
captured by ISIS, 112, 126, 156, 194, 229–33, 235
fighting back against ISIS, 127
killed by ISIS, 8, 227, 230
living in Islamic State, xvii–xviii, 131–34, 175, 204, 241, 247–48
living under Muslim rule in past, 195, 199–205, 209, 212, 214–19
targets to convert to Islam, 50
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 203
Cirillo, Nathan, 50
climate change, 97–98
Clinton, Hillary, xxiv–xxv
CNN, 70, 286
Cockburn, Patrick, 134
Cohen, David, 107, 109
Cohen, Mark R., 204
Comey, James B., 71, 83
Confederation of Somali Community, 81
Conley, Shannon Maureen, 91–92
Constantinople, 43, 104, 200, 209, 214–15, 265
Cooper, Yvette, 230
Coptic Christians, Copts, 200–1, 227, 260
Cornell, Christopher Lee, 60–61
Coulibaly, Amedy, xvi, 52–53, 55, 191
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), 244–46, 249
Council on Foreign Relations, 245
countering violent extremism (CVE) program, 99
Crimean War, the, 216
crucifixions, xvii, 127, 130, 137, 172, 213, 236–37
Ctesiphon, 104
Cubs of the Caliphate, 129, 142
D
Dabiq, xvi, 62, 71, 234, 236, 240–42, 264–66
Daesh, 71, 97, 130, 137, 142, 147, 157, 223–24, 243
Dagli, Caner, 244–45
Dahr, Muhammad Sa’im al-, 120
Daily Beast, 142
Daily Mail, 8, 69, 185
Dairieh, Medyan, 40
Damascus, xxiii, 105, 109, 124, 137, 163, 253, 277, 290
Davutoglu, Ahmet, 99
Dawood Brigade, 285
Deir al-Zor, 137
Delta Air Lines, 81
democracy, 87, 105, 114, 175, 181–82, 271
Department of Homeland Security, 223, 294
Dettmer, Jamie, 142
Dhimmah, the, 133
dhimmitude, 195, 204, 247–48
Dome of the Rock, 209
Douri, Izzat Ibrahim al-, 163
Duggan, Oliver, 185
Dulaimi, Ahmed al-, 125
Duman, Zehra, 69
E
Eastern Roman Empire, 103–4
Economist, 100
Ediboglu, Mehmet Ali, 141
Edmonds, Hasan, 54–55, 92–93
Edmonds, Jonas “Yunus,” 55
education, 32, 76, 84–86, 100, 152, 155
Egypt, xiii, 6, 12, 44, 55, 78, 85, 94, 96, 100, 104–5, 170–71, 180, 183, 187–90, 192, 199–202, 206, 211, 224, 227, 229, 245, 267–69
El-Aqsa Brigade, 78
Emir Ul-Momineen, 187
Emperor Khosrau (a.k.a. Chosroes), 104
Emwazi, Mohammed, 148–49. See also Jihadi John
End Times, the, 71–72, 263–64
Environs of Jerusalem, 193–94
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, 108–9
Esposito, John, 200
Europe, Europeans, 3, 35, 39, 43–45, 63–64, 67–68, 86, 119, 126, 152, 161, 214–16, 224, 251–60, 262–66, 275, 278–79, 281, 283, 293
European Union, the, 266
F
Fabius, Laurent, 223
Facebook, 7, 47–49, 56, 69–70, 75, 153
Fallujah, xiv, xv, xxiii–xxiv, 39, 89
Fatimid caliphate, the, xiii, 211
fatwa, xiv, 38, 218, 235, 245–46, 260
Fatwa Against Terrorism, 246
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), xvi, 41, 48, 56, 64, 71, 83, 93, 96, 150, 152
Most Wanted List, 150
Fernandez, Alberto, 292
Financial Times, 93
Finn, James, 217
Fiqh Council of North America, 171, 244, 249
fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), 171
First Fitna (a.k.a. First Civil War), 22, 206
Fletcher, Richard, 213