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ISIS IDEOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIAIrfan 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”
QURANSUNNAH
Rules of War
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The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) sacred seal.GODPROPHETMUHAMMAD
Universal Islamic testimony of faith.“There is no god but GOD.”
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• The group has had a number of different names since its formation in early 2004 – October 2004: Jamāʻat al-Tawḥīd 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 Tanẓīm Qāʻidat 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)
– January 2006, AQI merged with other Iraqi insurgent groups under the name "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“
• 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
2004 - 2015
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ISIS Global World View Map
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”
School Support Case Study: Ashcroft High
