The #Islamic_State: from Baghdadi the founder to Baghdadi the “caliph”
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An image grab taken from a video uploaded on Youtube on June 17, 2014, allegedly shows militants from the Islamic State of #Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) parading with their group’s flag in the northern city of Baiji in the in Salaheddin province. (Photo: AFP/Youtube) An image grab taken from a video uploaded on Youtube on June 17, 2014, allegedly shows militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) parading with their group’s flag in the northern city of Baiji in the in Salaheddin province. (Photo: AFP/Youtube)
Suhaib Anjarini The caliph directly supervises the group’s governing councils, each of which acts as an important hinge of the “central command.” The previous leader, #Abu_Omar_al-Baghdadi, can be (...)
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