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An Islamic state (Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية ad-dawlah al-islāmiyah) is a type of government primarily based on the application of shari'a (Islamic law), dispensation of justice, maintenance of law and order. From the early years of Islam, numerous governments have been founded as "Islamic."
However, the term "Islamic state" has taken on a more specific connotation since the 20th century. The concept of the modern Islamic state has been articulated and promoted by ideologues such as Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Israr Ahmed, and Sayyid Qutb. Like the earlier notion of the caliphate, the modern Islamic state is rooted in Islamic law. It is modeled after the rule of Muhammad. However, unlike caliph-led governments which were imperial despotisms or monarchies (Arabic: malik), a modern Islamic state can incorporate modern political institutions such as elections, parliamentary rule, judicial review, and popular sovereignty.
Today, many Muslim countries have incorporated Islamic law, wholly or in part, into their legal systems. Certain Muslim states have declared Islam to be their state religion in their constitutions, but do not apply Islamic law in their courts. Islamic states which are not Islamic monarchies are usually referred to as Islamic republics.
Islamic state is a type of government based on Islamic religious law (sharia).
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WATCH NOW - TERROR: The Islamic State: http://bit.ly/2f0b8xQ The Islamic State, a hardline Sunni jihadist group that formerly had ties to al Qaeda, has conquered large swathes of Iraq and Syria. Previously known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the group has announced its intention to reestablish the caliphate and has declared its leader, the shadowy Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as the caliph. The lightning advances the Islamic State made across Syria and Iraq in June shocked the world. But it's not just the group's military victories that have garnered attention — it's also the pace with which its members have begun to carve out a viable state. Flush with cash and US weapons seized during its advances in Iraq, the Islamic State's expansion shows no sign of slowing down. In the...
The biggest, boldest attempt by a jihadist regime to defy the whole world order will be smashed in 2017. Islamic State is set to be driven out of its last remaining territories in Iraq and Syria—but its defeat won't spell the end for terrorism. Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: http://econ.trib.al/rWl91R7 Daily Watch: mind-stretching short films every day of the working week. For more from Economist Films visit: http://films.economist.com/ Check out The Economist’s full video catalogue: http://econ.st/20IehQk Like The Economist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheEconomist/ Follow The Economist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theeconomist Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeconomist/ Follow us on LINE: http://econ.st/1WXkOo6 Follow us on ...
Samuel Wendt left his home in Germany in September 2014 and went to live in Syria for three months, in the so-called Islamic State. He tells the programme's reporter James Longman why he made that decision and how he wanted to offer humanitarian assistance to people caught up in the fighting there Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog World In Pictures https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBX37n4R0UGJN-TLiQOm7ZTP Big Hitters https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBUME-LUrFkDwFmiEc3jwMXP Just Good News https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBUsYo_P26cjihXLN-k3w246
The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse is the first British journalist to report from the Syrian city of Raqqa, the capital of so-called Islamic State's "caliphate". Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog World In Pictures https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBX37n4R0UGJN-TLiQOm7ZTP Big Hitters https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBUME-LUrFkDwFmiEc3jwMXP Just Good News https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBUsYo_P26cjihXLN-k3w246
Subscribe to France 24 now: http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN Syria: Islamic state group counter-attacks in Raqqa as fierce fighting rages Visit our website: http://www.france24.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://f24.my/youtubeEN Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/France24_en
Iraqi forces, backed by a US-led coalition, fight to re-take Mosul from the Islamic State. BBC Journalist Basheer Al-Zaidi returns to Mosul, where he grew up, to hear the stories of those who have lived through IS rule. Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures Eastern Mosul is now free from IS rule, but the West is not, and concern is rising about the large number of civilians killed in the fighting. BBC Journalist Basheer Al-Zaidi grew up in Mosul. He returns to the city to meet friends who have lived through IS rule, and hear their stories. For similar stories, see: Inside IS Filmmaker Jürgen Todenhöfer Returns to Mosul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ootkT7sUGU&list;=PLlGSlkijht5jz8Ud0Ytqfl2gDJ5KE1QQB The Iraqi Militia Figh...
Life of Islamic State Suicide Bomber Behind the scenes Breaking News February 20 2016 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iraq-isis-claim-ramadi-suicide-bomber-was-australian-teen-jihadi-jake-bilardi-1491532 Raqqa Syria behind the scenes ISIS ISIL DAESH capital of the Islamic State https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUb3fVyKU-c Breaking - Donald Trump responds to Pope Francis remark Donald Trump not a Christian Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O73Bl6xjoeY Donald Trump responds to Pope Francis remark Donald Trump not a Christian Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL01LhLcydw Catholic Pope Francis Interfaith Chrislam service @ Ground ZERO Breaking News September 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXTrpAcoQ68 Pope Francis Catholicism Summit at Vatican with Rick Warren Joel Osteen Breaking ...
In 2014, Islamic State militants swept into Western Iraq's Anbar Province, overrunning Iraqi security forces, enslaving minorities, and causing thousands to flee for their lives. The jihadist group captured Iraq’s largest city, Mosul, and the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah, where hundreds of US troops died fighting the Islamic State’s predecessor. Now, two years later, the Iraqi security forces, with help from Iranian-supported Shiite militias and US military advisors and warplanes, are fighting to take back towns and cities in Anbar, one battle at a time. But it’s a difficult task: Anbar has been the crucible of Iraq’s insurgency, and is the country’s Sunni heartland — long marginalized by and hostile to the Shiite-led government in Baghdad. VICE News embedded with Iraq’s Golden Di...
Click here to watch Part 1 now: https://news.vice.com/video/the-islamic-state-part-1 The Islamic State now governs its caliphate from the north central Syrian city of Raqqa, which was once a relatively westernized agricultural hub. As the State's power base, Raqqa is where it imposes its version of Sharia law throughout large swaths of Iraq and Syria. The “Hisbah” are the new Sharia police. In the latest episode of The Islamic State, VICE News joins them on their daily patrols during Ramadan, and witnesses how they check on shops and scrutinize produce, while at the same time ensuring their strict rules on women’s appearances are adhered to. We are also taken to an Islamic State prison and speak with inmates accused of abusing drugs and selling alcohol. There we learn firsthand of the...
In the Iraqi city of Mosul a milestone celebration, on Sunday people gathered to celebrate the first Muslim Eid holiday without Islamic State in many years. As militants continue to be ejected from the city, there is continued hope that the battle to recapture the remaining areas will soon be over. On the Eastern side of the city children were seen gathering in town squares near the eastern side of the city playing on swings while others played with toy guns and rifles. The militants subjected residence of those areas to a strictly adhered to version of Islam, which associated toys with a face, like dolls, with idolatry, but allowed the use of toy guns among the children. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/wpJFNw6z2Vw/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-mosul-idUSKBN19G0HV http://www.wochit...
In January 2014 a brutal new Jihadist group swept through Syria and set up its capital in Raqqa in the east of the country. In the two years since, so-called Islamic State has evolved into the most notorious extremist group in the world. For the past three months, BBC Radio 4's Today programme correspondent, Mike Thomson, has been in sporadic contact with an activist based in Raqqa from a group called Al-Sharqiya 24. This short documentary depicts the activist's diary of what life is like under Islamic State. Full accounts from the diarist can be found here: http://amzn.to/2lT3KGB Credits BBC Radio 4 team: Today Correspondent: Mike Thomson Today Producer: John Neal Arabic Service Producer: Nader Ibrahim Digital Editor: Rhian Roberts Digital Producer: Greg Smith Voice actor: Faisal Irsh...
In March of 2015, I set off to the Kurdistan region of Iraq and Syria to begin a new personal project. In the beginning, I thought perhaps it would be a still photography trip only. But just as I left the door, I decided to grab my GoPro kit in case anything interesting happened and I could just film it myself. This is that footage. 00:00 - Intro, Joey departs NYC 01:31 - Preparation in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan 02:15 - PKK Guerrillas in Makhmour 05:41 - Crossing the border into Syria, YPG/J Guerrillas in Rojava 07:19 - Interview with YPJ members 09:07 - Daily life on a YPG/J base and photoshoot 10:13 - Clash in Tel Tamer, dead ISIS fighters 12:38 - Interview with American YPG Fighter “Fat Jack” in Tel Tamer 13:44 - Tel Hamis liberation, guerrillas living in abandoned ISIS ba...
A half hour documentary on the rise of ISIS. Some notes on the making of the film... http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/notebook/9252721/in-saddams-day-the-bribe-was-100-maximum/ http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9270361/its-jihad-innit-bruv-meet-the-british-muslims-going-to-fight-in-syria/
In this video, we explain what happened in Iraq in June 2014 and why it happened.
Bruce Riedel details the origins and history of ISIS (Islamic State), and how Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi came to power. Narrated by former CIA analyst and counter-terrorism expert, Bruce Riedel. http://www.brookings.edu/research/flash-topics/flash-topic-folder/isis-threat-iraq-beyond
The Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, has become a powerful threat in Iraq and Syria. It has declared itself a nation, chosen a radical leader, and has beheaded both American and British workers operating in Syria. Further, its goal of invading Lebanon and even Israel is causing much alarm. Where does the Islamic State fit into biblical prophecy? In this program, you’ll discover how the Islamic States efforts may serve as part of the path toward what the Bible predicts will take place in the last days.
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Shaykh Mishary al Afasy singing alongside with a young Chechen sister. The video was filmed in the state of Chechnya. The nasheed is both in Arabic and Chechen. Thanks to user 'ChantsIslamiques' for the translation. Also on YouTube: http://youtu.be/DalzPaJSHZk
Disabled and happy??? Islamic scenario/short film Made by Ink of scholars channel Synopsis: There are 2 people who are disabled, Adam and Bilal. This scenario shows one embracing his disability and making the most of his life, whilst the other one has let it get to him and has gone into a state of seclusion and frustration. It compares the two attitudes and leaves it to the viewer to decide which way is more productive and fulfilling. If a person suffers from a physical handicap or disability, he has some special talent to compensate for it, whether he is aware of that talent or not. For this reason, disabilities are regarded as tests from Allah, designed to allow the disabled person to show his character and his own unique gifts. `Atta Ibn Abi Rabah, was one of the greatest Mufti of M...
Gary looks at the growing threat posed by Al-Qaeda in Iraq. http://www.prophecyinthenews.com
WATCH NOW - TERROR: The Islamic State: http://bit.ly/2f0b8xQ The Islamic State, a hardline Sunni jihadist group that formerly had ties to al Qaeda, has conquered large swathes of Iraq and Syria. Previously known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the group has announced its intention to reestablish the caliphate and has declared its leader, the shadowy Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as the caliph. The lightning advances the Islamic State made across Syria and Iraq in June shocked the world. But it's not just the group's military victories that have garnered attention — it's also the pace with which its members have begun to carve out a viable state. Flush with cash and US weapons seized during its advances in Iraq, the Islamic State's expansion shows no sign of slowing down. In the...
The biggest, boldest attempt by a jihadist regime to defy the whole world order will be smashed in 2017. Islamic State is set to be driven out of its last remaining territories in Iraq and Syria—but its defeat won't spell the end for terrorism. Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: http://econ.trib.al/rWl91R7 Daily Watch: mind-stretching short films every day of the working week. For more from Economist Films visit: http://films.economist.com/ Check out The Economist’s full video catalogue: http://econ.st/20IehQk Like The Economist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheEconomist/ Follow The Economist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theeconomist Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeconomist/ Follow us on LINE: http://econ.st/1WXkOo6 Follow us on ...
Samuel Wendt left his home in Germany in September 2014 and went to live in Syria for three months, in the so-called Islamic State. He tells the programme's reporter James Longman why he made that decision and how he wanted to offer humanitarian assistance to people caught up in the fighting there Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog World In Pictures https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBX37n4R0UGJN-TLiQOm7ZTP Big Hitters https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBUME-LUrFkDwFmiEc3jwMXP Just Good News https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBUsYo_P26cjihXLN-k3w246
The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse is the first British journalist to report from the Syrian city of Raqqa, the capital of so-called Islamic State's "caliphate". Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog World In Pictures https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBX37n4R0UGJN-TLiQOm7ZTP Big Hitters https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBUME-LUrFkDwFmiEc3jwMXP Just Good News https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBUsYo_P26cjihXLN-k3w246
Subscribe to France 24 now: http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN Syria: Islamic state group counter-attacks in Raqqa as fierce fighting rages Visit our website: http://www.france24.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://f24.my/youtubeEN Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/France24_en
Iraqi forces, backed by a US-led coalition, fight to re-take Mosul from the Islamic State. BBC Journalist Basheer Al-Zaidi returns to Mosul, where he grew up, to hear the stories of those who have lived through IS rule. Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures Eastern Mosul is now free from IS rule, but the West is not, and concern is rising about the large number of civilians killed in the fighting. BBC Journalist Basheer Al-Zaidi grew up in Mosul. He returns to the city to meet friends who have lived through IS rule, and hear their stories. For similar stories, see: Inside IS Filmmaker Jürgen Todenhöfer Returns to Mosul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ootkT7sUGU&list;=PLlGSlkijht5jz8Ud0Ytqfl2gDJ5KE1QQB The Iraqi Militia Figh...
Life of Islamic State Suicide Bomber Behind the scenes Breaking News February 20 2016 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iraq-isis-claim-ramadi-suicide-bomber-was-australian-teen-jihadi-jake-bilardi-1491532 Raqqa Syria behind the scenes ISIS ISIL DAESH capital of the Islamic State https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUb3fVyKU-c Breaking - Donald Trump responds to Pope Francis remark Donald Trump not a Christian Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O73Bl6xjoeY Donald Trump responds to Pope Francis remark Donald Trump not a Christian Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL01LhLcydw Catholic Pope Francis Interfaith Chrislam service @ Ground ZERO Breaking News September 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXTrpAcoQ68 Pope Francis Catholicism Summit at Vatican with Rick Warren Joel Osteen Breaking ...
In 2014, Islamic State militants swept into Western Iraq's Anbar Province, overrunning Iraqi security forces, enslaving minorities, and causing thousands to flee for their lives. The jihadist group captured Iraq’s largest city, Mosul, and the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah, where hundreds of US troops died fighting the Islamic State’s predecessor. Now, two years later, the Iraqi security forces, with help from Iranian-supported Shiite militias and US military advisors and warplanes, are fighting to take back towns and cities in Anbar, one battle at a time. But it’s a difficult task: Anbar has been the crucible of Iraq’s insurgency, and is the country’s Sunni heartland — long marginalized by and hostile to the Shiite-led government in Baghdad. VICE News embedded with Iraq’s Golden Di...
Click here to watch Part 1 now: https://news.vice.com/video/the-islamic-state-part-1 The Islamic State now governs its caliphate from the north central Syrian city of Raqqa, which was once a relatively westernized agricultural hub. As the State's power base, Raqqa is where it imposes its version of Sharia law throughout large swaths of Iraq and Syria. The “Hisbah” are the new Sharia police. In the latest episode of The Islamic State, VICE News joins them on their daily patrols during Ramadan, and witnesses how they check on shops and scrutinize produce, while at the same time ensuring their strict rules on women’s appearances are adhered to. We are also taken to an Islamic State prison and speak with inmates accused of abusing drugs and selling alcohol. There we learn firsthand of the...
In the Iraqi city of Mosul a milestone celebration, on Sunday people gathered to celebrate the first Muslim Eid holiday without Islamic State in many years. As militants continue to be ejected from the city, there is continued hope that the battle to recapture the remaining areas will soon be over. On the Eastern side of the city children were seen gathering in town squares near the eastern side of the city playing on swings while others played with toy guns and rifles. The militants subjected residence of those areas to a strictly adhered to version of Islam, which associated toys with a face, like dolls, with idolatry, but allowed the use of toy guns among the children. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/wpJFNw6z2Vw/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-mosul-idUSKBN19G0HV http://www.wochit...
In January 2014 a brutal new Jihadist group swept through Syria and set up its capital in Raqqa in the east of the country. In the two years since, so-called Islamic State has evolved into the most notorious extremist group in the world. For the past three months, BBC Radio 4's Today programme correspondent, Mike Thomson, has been in sporadic contact with an activist based in Raqqa from a group called Al-Sharqiya 24. This short documentary depicts the activist's diary of what life is like under Islamic State. Full accounts from the diarist can be found here: http://amzn.to/2lT3KGB Credits BBC Radio 4 team: Today Correspondent: Mike Thomson Today Producer: John Neal Arabic Service Producer: Nader Ibrahim Digital Editor: Rhian Roberts Digital Producer: Greg Smith Voice actor: Faisal Irsh...
In March of 2015, I set off to the Kurdistan region of Iraq and Syria to begin a new personal project. In the beginning, I thought perhaps it would be a still photography trip only. But just as I left the door, I decided to grab my GoPro kit in case anything interesting happened and I could just film it myself. This is that footage. 00:00 - Intro, Joey departs NYC 01:31 - Preparation in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan 02:15 - PKK Guerrillas in Makhmour 05:41 - Crossing the border into Syria, YPG/J Guerrillas in Rojava 07:19 - Interview with YPJ members 09:07 - Daily life on a YPG/J base and photoshoot 10:13 - Clash in Tel Tamer, dead ISIS fighters 12:38 - Interview with American YPG Fighter “Fat Jack” in Tel Tamer 13:44 - Tel Hamis liberation, guerrillas living in abandoned ISIS ba...
A half hour documentary on the rise of ISIS. Some notes on the making of the film... http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/notebook/9252721/in-saddams-day-the-bribe-was-100-maximum/ http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9270361/its-jihad-innit-bruv-meet-the-british-muslims-going-to-fight-in-syria/
In this video, we explain what happened in Iraq in June 2014 and why it happened.
Bruce Riedel details the origins and history of ISIS (Islamic State), and how Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi came to power. Narrated by former CIA analyst and counter-terrorism expert, Bruce Riedel. http://www.brookings.edu/research/flash-topics/flash-topic-folder/isis-threat-iraq-beyond
The Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, has become a powerful threat in Iraq and Syria. It has declared itself a nation, chosen a radical leader, and has beheaded both American and British workers operating in Syria. Further, its goal of invading Lebanon and even Israel is causing much alarm. Where does the Islamic State fit into biblical prophecy? In this program, you’ll discover how the Islamic States efforts may serve as part of the path toward what the Bible predicts will take place in the last days.
abounaddara.com facebook.com/pages/Abounaddara-Films/128084573918925 twitter.com/abounaddarafilm
Shaykh Mishary al Afasy singing alongside with a young Chechen sister. The video was filmed in the state of Chechnya. The nasheed is both in Arabic and Chechen. Thanks to user 'ChantsIslamiques' for the translation. Also on YouTube: http://youtu.be/DalzPaJSHZk
Disabled and happy??? Islamic scenario/short film Made by Ink of scholars channel Synopsis: There are 2 people who are disabled, Adam and Bilal. This scenario shows one embracing his disability and making the most of his life, whilst the other one has let it get to him and has gone into a state of seclusion and frustration. It compares the two attitudes and leaves it to the viewer to decide which way is more productive and fulfilling. If a person suffers from a physical handicap or disability, he has some special talent to compensate for it, whether he is aware of that talent or not. For this reason, disabilities are regarded as tests from Allah, designed to allow the disabled person to show his character and his own unique gifts. `Atta Ibn Abi Rabah, was one of the greatest Mufti of M...
Gary looks at the growing threat posed by Al-Qaeda in Iraq. http://www.prophecyinthenews.com