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ISIS IDEOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA Irfan Chishti MBE, LLb (Hons), MA, PGCE
What does Allah and the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) teach? -“Killing of one life is like killing the whole of Humanity..” (6:32) -“O people, We created you from a single male and female and made you into nations and tribes so that ME & YOU could get to know each other. (49: 13) -“A true believer is someone who keeps other people safe.” -“Love for others what you love for yourself.” -“The Greater JIHAD is the fight against YOURSELF” QURANQURAN SUNNAHSUNNAH
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The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) sacred seal. GOD PROPHET MUHAMMAD The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) sacred seal. GOD PROPHET MUHAMMAD Universal Islamic testimony of faith. “There is no god but GOD.”
9 The group has had a number of different names since its formation in early 2004 – October 2004: Jamā ʻ at al-Taw ḥ īd wa-al-Jihād, "The Organization of Monotheism and Jihad" (JTJ). – The group's leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi swore loyalty to Osama bin Laden and changed the name of the group to Tan ẓ īm Qā ʻ idat al-Jihād fī Bilād al- Rāfidayn, "The Organization of Jihad's Base in the Country of the Two Rivers", more commonly known as "Al-Qaeda in Iraq" (AQI)Abu Musab al-Zarqawiswore loyaltyOsama bin LadenCountry of the Two Rivers – January 2006, AQI merged with other Iraqi insurgent groups under the name "Mujahideen Shura Council".Mujahideen Shura Council – June 2006 Al-Zarqawi was killed, group’s direction shifted again On 29 June 2014, the establishment of a new caliphate was announced, with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi named as its caliph, and the group formally changed its name to the "Islamic State“caliphate Abu Bakr al-Baghdadicaliph NOT A SECTARIAN ISSUE. Event Salafist muftis say that ISIS and related terrorist groups are not Sunnis at all, but Kharijite heretics serving an anti- Islamic agenda
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ISIS and the UK Threat UK Threat Level – Severe Escalation in threat influenced by Syria conflict ISIS gains during 2014 Blowback – concern over returning foreign fighters Increase concern over Spontaneous Voluntary Extremists (Lone Actors) Families travelling for HIJRA (migration to the “Caliphate”
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