ISIS : Full documentary - on the frontline - formerly known as Al Qaeda The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has terrorized large swaths of Iraq and Syria in its drive to establish an Islamic state in the Middle East ruled by strict shariah law. The militant group is made up of fundamentalist Sunni Muslims and foreign jihadists. Branches of ISIS have sprung up in Egypt and Libya, and in March 2015, the Nigerian-based Islamist sect Boko Haram pledged allegiance to ISIS. ISIS is believed to have some 30,000 fighters in its ranks, with about 10% of them from the West. Western nations have stepped up security to prevent citizens from traveling to Syria and Iraq to join the fight. The group, formerly known as Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), is headed by Iraqi-born Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badry, who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Baghdadi is also the self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic world. He was associated with Al Qaeda as a religious figure early in the U.S.-led war in Iraq, and became the leader of AQI in 2010. (In April 2013, Baghdadi changed the name of the organization from AQI to ISIS.) U.S. troops arrested him in Falluja in 2004 during the uprising there by Sunnis. Not considered a serious threat, he was released after a few months in detention. (Some reports say he was held for several years.) Baghdadi was a follower of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of AQI who was killed by a U.S. airstrike in 2006. He is believed to have been born in Iraq in 1971 and earned a Ph.D. in Islamic studies in Baghdad. He has intentionally shrouded details of his life in secrecy, and little else is known about him. Al Qaeda distanced itself from ISIS as it grew increasingly violent and intolerant even of Muslims. World documentarys Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClVrUQfcDMoxJ6PRQhhoFcg Google plus https://plus.google.com/u/0/103599325098181428873/posts?hl=et

• published: 24 May 2015
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