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How true.

It is a sectarian fight in its essence.Islam spreads through 'character' not through the bruit show of force.the required strength in character comes when one first pass through 'the stages of Makkah', only then one achieves sufficient training to 'absorb' the power which comes through the barrel of a gun,the authority associated with it and the impulse to kill first and think later....

I pray for the success of ISIS,but unless it's soldiers are not sufficiently trained in 'self control',I am afraid there 'gains' will prove a temporary phenomena.The history is a witness to many such events where quick rise is almost immediately followed by a sharp fall,unless backed by wisdom.Muslims conquered Iraq and are still there,Halakoo khan also conquered Iraq...but where is he ? The difference between the two is obvious.The Muslim were charged with a powerful ideology and strength of character while Mongols lacked lacked such Nobel traits.Wallaho alam

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#62 [Permalink] Posted on 20th June 2014 06:36

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The ideology of majority of the jihadis today is the re-establishment of a Caliphate.

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#63 [Permalink] Posted on 20th June 2014 06:37

Iraq crisis: Britain and US must not meddle in Iraq, warns Saudi Arabia

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#64 [Permalink] Posted on 20th June 2014 10:15

Militants seize Turkish consulate, take 80 Turks hostage in Iraqi city of Mosul

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Jihadist insurgents have kidnapped 49 people in the Turkish consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and 31 Turkish truck drivers in separate attacks, Ankara said. Al-Qaeda offshoot ISIS has been advancing on the cities north of Baghdad.

Militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS / ISIL) have captured 49 Turkish citizens at the Mosul consulate, Turkey's Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday. As many as 31 Turkish drivers have also been taken hostage by the militants in separate incidents and are being held at a power station in Mosul, the ministry added.

The Turkish Consul-General in Mosul, Ozturk Yilmaz, several members of Turkey's special forces and three children were among those taken hostage by the ISIS militants, Reuters reported citing sources in the Turkish prime minister's office.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has summoned an emergency meeting of NATO to discuss the security situation in Iraq. Ambassadors of the NATO member states met in Brussels. However, no announcements were immediately made following the meeting.

Erdogan earlier held an emergency meeting with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Turkish intelligence chief and the chief of general staff, and talked with US Vice President Joe Bide.

According to Turkish media, the captors have been holding diplomats in militant headquarters and unharmed.

An Islamist Twitter account, @Dawla_NewsMedia, which has been tweeting photos and pro-ISIS reports from the scene, claimed that the Turkish diplomats have been moved "to an unknown location." The account has since been blocked by Twitter.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu reportedly cut short his visit to the US and flew back to Ankara in connection with the Mosul hostage-taking. Davutoglu was due to deliver a speech at a UN counter-terrorism meeting in New York.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry meanwhile said it was verifying the information amid conflicting reports.

The radical Sunni militants have already taken hostage at least 32 Turkish nationals - truck drivers - in the area since Tuesday, according to Hurriyet

Meanwhile, Reuters sources suggested Ankara has been in "direct contact" with the militants over the situation.

"Certain militant groups in Mosul have been directly contacted to ensure the safety of diplomatic staff," a Turkish government source told the agency.

The Turkish government has earlier been accused of assisting jihadist groups fighting in Syria against Syrian President Bashar Assad's government. Damascus complained to the UN in March that Turkey was providing cover to rebels crossing the border from Turkish territory, which allegedly included several Al-Qaeda affiliates.

ISIS militants spread fighting to other northern cities
Some 225km (140 miles) south of Mosul, the ISIS militants have seized the city of Tikrit, Iraqi security officials told AP on condition of anonymity. According to the report, the provincial governor has gone missing from the city.

Tikrit, just 150 kilometers (95 miles) northwest of Baghdad, was the hometown of President Saddam Hussein, who was overthrown in the US-led military operation.

AFP quoted Tikrit police as saying that the militants controlling the city freed some 300 prisoners there.

"All of Tikrit is in the hands of the militants," an Iraqi police colonel told AFP.

Meanwhile in the city of Samarra, located further south of Tikrit on the east bank of the Tigris River, clashes reportedly broke out between Iraqi forces and militants arriving in trucks with machine guns, according to AFP. Samarra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to several holy sites for Shia Muslims.

A military source told Al Arabiya news channel that Kurdish forces are reportedly fighting ISIS militants in Kirkuk to stop their offensive.

Earlier, ISIS boasted the capture of Iraq's biggest oil refinery north of the city of Baiji, claiming it had "seized it without a shot." The oil refinery, located less than 180km (110 miles) from Mosul was one of the strategic objects secured by the US-led forces in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and thoroughly searched for "weapons of mass destruction." No chemical agents were ever found there.

Reports from the scene suggested that ISIS militants agreed to leave the city and energy installations of Baiji after negotiations with local tribal leaders. The militants allegedly left for nearby villages after torching the city's courthouse and police stations and freeing prisoners.

On Monday night, fighters from Al-Qaeda splinter group ISIS stormed provincial government headquarters armed with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns.

"The city of Mosul is outside the control of the state and at the mercy of the militants," an Interior Ministry official told AFP on Monday. It is now the second city to fall under control of Islamist fighters since the beginning of this year. In January militants seized the city of Fallujah, displacing over 70,000 people.

Eyewitness accounts describe the scenes of chaos on the streets of Iraq's second-largest city as thousands of people fled for their lives. A number of reports say that militants are freeing detainees from police stations, while AL RAI Chief International Correspondent Elijah J Magnier tweeted that the ISIS had freed over 2,000 inmates from a "counter terrorism prison."

Following the seize of Mosul, local media reports said that ISIS looted some 500 billion Iraqi dinars (about US$429 million) from the city's central bank, possibly making it the richest terror group in the world. Nineveh Governor Atheel al-Nujaifi confirmed that millions have been stolen from several banks in Mosul.

The militants have also captured an unknown number of Iraqi Black Hawk helicopters parked in the Mosul area, reports said.

ISIS has been actively using social media, particularly Twitter, to spread the news of the group's progress in Iraq. One of the Twitter statements said that ISIS is determined "to conquer the entire state" of Nineveh.

Led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the militant group fighting for the creation of a huge Middle Eastern caliphate previously had strong ties with the international terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. However, al-Baghdadi is believed to have broken up with Al-Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahri, and since then ISIS fighters have reportedly clashed with Al-Qaeda in Syria.

Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have fled Mosul and the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, which the jihadists have largely taken under control. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) placed the number of refugees at 500,000.

Those fleeing the region included demoralized Iraqi troops, who chaotically left their positions, dropping uniforms, weapons, munitions and military hardware.

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#65 [Permalink] Posted on 20th June 2014 14:09

With Iraq in turmoil, Maliki's rivals have mounted a campaign to force him out of office, with some angling for support from Western backers and regional heavyweights.

On Thursday, their effort received a massive boost from Obama, who said:

"Only leaders that can govern with an inclusive agenda are going to be able to truly bring the Iraqi people together and help them through this crisis."

"We've said publicly, that whether (Maliki) is prime minister or any other leader aspires to lead the country, that there has to be an agenda in which Sunni, Shiite and Kurd all feel that they have the opportunity to advance their interest through the political process," the president said.

An "inclusive agenda" has not been high on the priorities of al-Maliki, however. Many of al-Maliki's former Kurdish and Shiite allies have been clamoring to deny the prime minister a third term in office, charging that he has excluded them from a narrow decision-making circle of close confidants.

Maliki's efforts last year to crush protests by Sunnis complaining of discrimination under his Shiite-led government sparked a new wave of violence by militants, who took over the city of Fallujah in the western, Sunni-dominated province of Anbar and parts of the provincial capital, Ramadi. Iraqi army and police forces battling them for months have been unable to take most areas back.
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#66 [Permalink] Posted on 20th June 2014 17:17

Iraq troops mass for offensive against rebels

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Forces gather north of Baghdad, as Prime Minister Maliki faces international pressure to form an inclusive government.

Iraqi forces were massing north of Baghdad, aiming to strike back at Sunni rebels who have taken control of large parts of the country.

The governor of Saladin province, Abdullah al-Jibouri, said 50,000 soldiers were now stationed around Samarra, intending to regain territory lost to rebel groups led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Al-Jibouri, whose provincial capital, Tikrit, was taken by anti-government fighters last week, was seen on television on Friday speaking to Iraqi soldiers, the Reuters news agency reported.

"Today we are coming in the direction of Tikrit, Sharqat and Nineveh," said al-Jibouri, a Sunni ally of Iraq's Shia Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Samarra, which is 100 kms north of Baghdad, has become the frontline in the battle with Sunni fighters allied to ISIL.

After rapid gains last week the rebel advance has been largely halted, with heavy fighting continuing in several towns.

Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Baghdad, said Iraqi forces were in control of the oil refinery outside the town of Baiji, 43 km from Tikrit. (Al Jazeera)

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#67 [Permalink] Posted on 21st June 2014 17:57

Iraqi Shia groups rally in show of power

Last updated: 21 Jun 2014

Thousands of Shia Muslims are taking part in rallies across Iraq vowing to protect their religious sites in a show of power that had been called for by influential Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr.

The largest rally took place in the northern Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, where hundreds of men dressed in combat fatigues and carrying assault rifles marched in military formation.

Sadr is believed to have command of more than 10,000 fighters, most of whom have volunteered to fight alongside Iraqi security forces against Sunni rebels led by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.

Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Baghdad, said Sadr was keen to emphasise that his fighters would only serve as a defensive force to protect Baghdad, but there are fears of a reestablishment of the Mahdi Army, which was disbanded in 2008.

The reemergence of the Mahdi Army, which was accused of involvement in Iraq's sectarian conflict between 2006 and 2008, would heighten fears of a broader war between Sunni and Shia Muslims.

Both the Iraqi government and Shia religious authorities have called on Iraqis to volunteer to fight a Sunni rebellion that has taken over big chunks of the country, including the cities of Mosul and Tikrit.

Police officials told Al Jazeera that improvised explosive devices, or IED's, were detonated in four areas across Baghdad's Shia-populated neighbourhoods. At least nine people were killed and 15 injured.

On Saturday, rebels led by ISIL seized a border crossing with Syria near the town of Qaim about 320km from Baghdad, leaving about 30 Iraqi soldiers dead, the AP news agency reported.

AP also reported that the town of Rawah in Anbar province had been captured by ISIL fighters later the same day, citing the town's mayor. He added that local army and police forces had pulled out when the fighters took control. (Al Jazeera)

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#68 [Permalink] Posted on 21st June 2014 20:44

Baghdad's Shia militia in defiant 50,000-strong rally as Isis make further gains

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Tensions mount in Iraq as Mahdi Army put on show of force in Baghdad featuring missiles, bazookas and assault rifles while Isis seize key Syria border crossing

Baghdad's biggest Shia Muslim faction staged a show of force in face of the Isis threat to the Iraqi capital on Saturday, in a parade that stretched for several miles, featuring missiles, bazookas, hi-tech assault rifles and artillery.

As tens of thousands of uniformed men marched through the streets, loudspeakers proclaimed how they would defend Iraq from the Sunni jihadists rampaging through the north of the country.

This pageant of armed might, however, was not an official Iraqi army display to reassure an anxious public.

Instead, it was a mass show of force by the Mahdi Army, the vast Shia militia that is now baring its teeth at its old Sunni enemies as they advance on the Iraqi capital.

On Saturday, the jihadists, who operate under the title of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (Isis), made fresh gains, capturing the key border town of Qa'im, 250 miles north-west of Baghdad, on the frontier with Syria.

Thirty Iraqi army soldiers were killed during the fighting, in what many saw as yet another sign that government forces may not be capable of keeping the militants at bay.

The more they fail to do so, the greater the likelihood that religious militias such as the Mahdi Army will be tempted to step into the breach - potentially turning the country back towards sectarian civil war.

The vast turnout for Saturday's Mahdi Army parade, held in the Shia slum neighbourhood of Sadr City, provided a chilling hint of the scale of violence that may break out in Iraq if government forces are unable to prevail.

Formed as a resistance group after Saddam Hussein's fall, its fighters were once notorious for killing British and US troops through their use of improvised roadside bombs.

On Saturday, a number of the deadly devices were proudly brandished on the parade, as onlookers chanted in praise of "our heroes who fought the Americans".

Despite their British and American foes having long since departed, the Mahdi Army has never surrendered its weapons, and with the Baghdad government to weak to disarm them, they exist today as the private muscle of Iraq's hardline Shias.

As men who are willing to die for their religious cause, the militiamen also have more stomach for the fight than many of Iraq's regular soldiers, who melted away when Isis first attacked the cities of Mosul and Tikrit two weeks ago. Already, the Iraqi army has roped in small numbers of Mahdi Army forces to defend cities just north of Baghdad, where their expertise in guerrilla warfare has helped halt the militant's advance.

Also involved are commanders from an Iranian-backed Mahdi Army splinter group known as the League of the Righteous, which in 2007 kidnapped a British computer consultant, Peter Moore, and killed four of his bodyguards.

Yet, the more the militias are used, the greater the chances are that the Iraqi government will lose what little control it still has over the country. Many of the veteran insurgents attending Saturday's march made it clear they did not back the Iraqi government's recent requests for American help against Isis, viewing it as the prelude to a second occupation.

"If the Americans are thinking about coming back here, all of us Iraqis will become time bombs - we will eat them alive," said Adel Jabr Albawi. "We can deal with Isis ourselves."

The challenges of keeping the militias in line adds to the problems facing Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, who is now under growing pressure step down.

President Barack Obama used the strongest terms yet to blame Mr Malaki's government for sowing divisions in Iraq. He suggested that failure to acknowledge Sunni and other minority grievances and uncertainty in forming a government after elections in April had split Iraq.

"Some of the forces that have always possibly pulled Iraq apart are stronger now, [and] those forces that could keep the country united are weaker," he said. "It is ultimately going to be up to the Iraqi leadership to try to pull the politics of the country back together again."

Mr Obama added: "Part of the task now is to see whether Iraqi leaders are prepared to rise above sectarian motivations. If they can't, there's not going to be a military solution to this problem."

The sole piece of good news for Mr Maliki on Saturday was reports of splits within his Isis foes, with 17 fighters alleged to have been killed in an interfactional battle in the city of Hawija, near Kirkuk in the north of the country.

Details of the quarrel were unclear but it appeared to have involved a fight between the jihadist militants of Isis and their allies in the Naqshbandiyah Army, a group of ex-Ba'athists who have more less religous agenda.

One report suggested it was a dispute over spoils of war involving fuel tankers, while another said it was because the Ba'athists had refused to pledge formal allegiance to Isis.

Until now, the one thing that has allied both groups is a hatred of Shias, whom Isis sees as apostates and whom the ex-Ba'athists see as allies of Iran, against whom Saddam fought an eight-year war in the Eighties.

But while the Shias have held the whip hand in Iraq ever since Saddam's fall, dominating the government forces, they too have developed powerful militias on sectarian lines.

Saturday's march in Sadr City was a potent demonstration of the manpower that the Mahdi Army's leader, the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, can muster almost overnight via calls from his mosques.

Most from Sadr City itself, a sprawling ghetto of nearly three million people that symbolised the way Shias were treated as second-class citizens during Saddam Hussein's Sunni rule.

Watching the parade from a fixed point on the route, The Sunday Telegraph counted around 1,000 men marching past in the space of just five minutes - and the parade lasted around two hours.

While the organisers' claim of a million men seemed unlikely, a ballpark figure of at least 30,000-50,000 seemed feasible.

The display also showed how the Mahdi Army has turned from a ragtag force of men dressed in teeshirts and tracksuits into a disciplined and professional militia. Most of the units in the parade wore their own army fatigues and marched in neat formation, clutching assault rifles, sniper weapons and belt-fed machine guns. Others manned trucks mounted with home-made rocket launchers and artillery weapons.

As well as men in uniform, there were volunteers from the Shia tribes of Iraq's rural hinterland, some of whom rode horses and clutched ancient muskets.

Other fighters even brought along their children, who also wore military fatigues but serve in a junior, non-combatant wing.

"My son is only five years old but he wants to volunteer," said Sheikh Osama Helfi, 35. His child, Ibrahim, clutched a US-style carbine machine gun that was too heavy for him to hold properly. "The gun he carries was taken from American soldiers."

One column of troops brandished a series of different roadside bombs, including the "EFP" or explosively formed projectile, an Iranian-made weapon used to devastating effect against coalition forces.

The cylindrical device would fire a bolt of molten metal that could penetrate most British and American armour, and proved to be one of the most effective insurgent weapons.

Despite the display of military might, those attending the parade stressed that the Mahdi Army wanted to avoid a return to the civil war of 2006-7, when its fighters engaged in vicious street battles with Al-Qaeda backed Sunni guerrillas.

Officially, the units were mobilising under the name of "peace brigades", formed only to protect Shia mosques and neighbourhoods from attack by Isis. Their commanders also claimed that they were operating purely under government command.

"The Iraqi Army has their chain of orders and we operate within those. It would be chaos otherwise," said Hakim al Zamili, a Sadr City MP who turned up at the parade in military fatigues.

However, the prospect of the Mahdi Army getting directly involved against the Sunni militants of Isis does carry the risk of the conflict spiralling out of government control.

With both sides accused of atrocities against each other during the 2006-7 civil war, the fear is that the "peace brigades" may not be peaceful for much longer.

John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, will travel to to the Middle East and Europe this week in an attempt to find support for a diplomatic solution to the situation in Iraq.

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#69 [Permalink] Posted on 22nd June 2014 11:16

Sunni rebels seize more towns in Iraq

Last updated: 22 Jun 2014

Sunni fighters led by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have expanded their offensive in Iraq, capturing more territory from the government.

ISIL, an al-Qaeda breakaway group active in Syria and Iraq, has taken the towns of Qaim, Rawah and Anah in Anbar province. Qaim, located on the border with Syria, hosts a key crossing between the two countries.

Fighters also claim to be in full control of the northern city of Baiji, which hosts Iraq's biggest oil refinery, though the military denies the rebels control the refinery itself.

The vast Anbar province stretches from the western edges of the capital, Baghdad, all the way to Jordan and Syria to the northwest. Fighting in the predominantly Sunni region has disrupted use of the highway linking Baghdad to the Jordanian border, a key artery for goods and passengers.

In January, fighters in Anbar overran the city of Fallujah and parts of Ramadi.

The latest gains by ISIL are a further blow to Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's Shia prime minister, whose grasp on his job is coming under increasing pressure as the rebels try to push the country towards a sectarian showdown.

The capture of the town of Rawah on the Euphrates River and the nearby town of Anah appeared to be part of a march towards a key dam in the city of Haditha. Any destruction of the dam would have a serious impact on the country's electrical grid and cause major flooding.

Military officials said more than 2,000 troops were quickly dispatched to the site of the dam to protect it against a possible attack, the AP news agency reported.

Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Baghdad, said there is significant ISIL movement in Anbar on Sunday, adding that the province is increasingly coming under the control of fighters.

"After taking over Qaim, Rawah and Anah, armed groups are now advancing to the next town, Haditha in the west of Ramadi city, and are negotiating with tribal leaders to enter there peacefully," he said.

"Army forces have left Haditha and have moved to the town of Khan al-Baghdadi and the military base of Ein al-Asad." (Al Jazeera)

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#70 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd June 2014 00:40

ISIL using US vehicles to fight Syria rivals

Last updated: 22 Jun 2014

The Islamic State of Iraq in the Levant (ISIL) has battled with rival opposition fighters in northern Syria, using US-made military vehicles captured from neighbouring Iraq for the first time, a monitoring group said.

ISIL, a splinter group of al-Qaeda which wants to set up an Islamic caliphate encompassing both Iraq and Syria, has made rapid gains in Iraq in the past two weeks, taking control of the northern city of Mosul and major border crossings with Syria.

Its advances in Iraq appear to have spurred on the Syrian branch, which is fighting both the army of President Bashar al-Assad and also rival opposition groups such as the Western-backed Free Syrian Army, a more moderate force.

ISIL fighters seized strategic Syrian towns near the Iraqi border from rivals last week.

For the first time, ISIL combatants have been using US-made Humvees - four-wheel drive military vehicles - in fighting in northern areas of Syria's Aleppo province, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.

The vehicles, which appear to have been seized during ISIL's recent Iraqi offensive, were used to gain control of villages outside the town of Azaz, close to the Turkish border, it said.

The Observatory, an anti-Assad group which tracks events on the ground through activists, said ISIL in Syria had been supplied with dozens of the vehicles from Iraq.

The United States has long supplied Humvees to the Iraqi army, which has been fighting an increasing violent insurgency since US forces withdrew at the end of 2011.

ISIL fighters in Iraq have often seized abandoned military equipment from Iraqi forces, including armoured vehicles.

The Observatory also said that ISIL had kidnapped 20 Kurdish students on a road in northern Syria, just weeks after the group abducted 145 students in Aleppo.

Relatives and residents are scared that ISIL will use kidnapped students to carry out car bombs or suicide attacks, the Observatory said. (Al Jazeera)

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#71 [Permalink] Posted on 29th June 2014 18:48

ISIS jihadists declare ‘Islamic caliphate’

In an audio tape ISIS says Baghdadi was named the caliph and is now ‘the leader for Muslims everywhere’

Jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq announced Sunday the establishment of a “caliphate,” referring to the system of rule that ended nearly 100 years ago with the fall of the Ottomans, Agence France-Presse reported.

In an audio recording distributed online, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) declared its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “the caliph” and “leader for Muslims everywhere.”

"The Shura [council] of the Islamic State met and discussed this issue [of the caliphate] ... The Islamic State decided to establish an Islamic caliphate and to designate a caliph for the state of the Muslims," said ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani.

"The jihadist cleric Baghdadi was designated the caliph of the Muslims," said Adnani.

Baghdadi "has accepted this allegiance and has thus become the leader for Muslims everywhere."

"The words 'Iraq' and 'the Levant' have been removed from the name of the Islamic State in official papers and documents," Adnani said, describing the caliphate as "the dream in all the Muslims’ hearts" and "the hope of all jihadists."

Ever since the Prophet Muhammad’s death, a caliph was designated "the prince" or emir "of the believers.”

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After the first four caliphs who succeeded Mohammed, the caliphate lived its golden age in the Omayyad empire from the year 661 to 750, and then under the Abbasids, from 750 to 1517.

It was abolished when the Ottoman empire collapsed in 1924.

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#72 [Permalink] Posted on 29th June 2014 20:33

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ISIL declares new 'Islamic caliphate'

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Rebels fighting in Iraq under ISIL banner announce creation of Islamic state, extending from Diyala to Syria's Aleppo.

Fighters in Syria and Iraq have announced the establishment of a "caliphate", referring to the system of rule that ended nearly 100 years ago with the fall of the Ottoman empire.

In an audio recording distributed online on Sunday, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) declared its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as "the caliph" and "leader for Muslims everywhere".

Baghdadi is believed to be the leader of ISIL, which announced that it is now called "The Islamic State".

According to the statement, the new caliphate stretches from Iraq's Diyala province to Syria's Aleppo.

"The Shura (council) of the Islamic State met and discussed this issue (of the caliphate)... The Islamic State decided to establish an Islamic caliphate and to designate a caliph for the state of the Muslims," said ISIL spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani.

"The words 'Iraq' and 'the Levant' have been removed from the name of the Islamic State in official papers and documents," Adnani said, describing the caliphate as "the dream in all the Muslims' hearts" and "the hope of all jihadists".

Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reporting from the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, said that a caliphate is effectively an Islamic Republic led by one leader, regardless of national boundaries.

With the announcement, the armed group is declaring that they are now legitimate, declaring the caliphate as the "true muslim state", he said.

The announcement might bring up problems with other Sunni fighters in Iraq, who are fighting the central government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and not fighting for the caliphate, our correspondent�said.

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This means overnight the entire Ummah i.e. whoever doesn't pledge allegiance to Khaleefa becomes rebel and liable to be put down! We don't even know who the Khaleefa is let alone making Bay't to him

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#74 [Permalink] Posted on 29th June 2014 20:59

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I hope this will be the return of the khilafat. Even if truth about isis is not clear, atleast it will be the return of the khilafat.

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I declare myself to be Khaleefa of my house address and am taking Bay't by PM. If you deny your neck will be on the chopping block! You can send in a check first and then we can talk further.

Don't delay, send PM now

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