ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF ISLAMIC STATE

Boris Bursać

Abstract


Terrorism as we know today is not a new creation it is hiding in the community in form of tactics, strategies, doctrines, methods and means around which only a consensus is needed to reach the light of the day. While some see terrorism as a crime, others describe it as a sacred duty, and as long these two sides exist terrorism will flourish. Terrorists today are better trained and better equipped therefore elusive as never before, this fact has led that this phenomenon rapidly expanding and reaching the whole planet. Inadequate and above all the non-unified terminological definition of terrorism as a concept contributes to this prevalence. Although the world community agree that terrorism is a global evil and terrorist organizations are characterized as criminal, the global power centers utilize this confusion and use terrorism to achieve their own interests. The headquarters of terrorist activities in accordance with those interests have now been stationed in the Middle East and in a multitude of terrorist organizations, one has emerged as a leading one known as Islamic state.

Keywords


Terrorism, Ansar al Islam, Salafism, Wahhabism, Islamic State

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