The ISIS Reader: Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement

336 Pages·2020·1.972 MB·English

by  Haroro J. Ingram, Craig Whiteside, Charlie Winter

THE ISIS READER

HARORO J. INGRAM

CRAIG WHITESIDE
CHARLIE WINTER
The ISIS Reader
Milestone Texts of the
Islamic State Movement
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1
PART I
JOIN THECARAVAN
1. The First Speeches (1994 & 2004) 15
2. Zarqawi’s Strategy (2004) 37
PART II
BAQIYA! 5
3. The First Year of the Islamic State (2006 & 2007) 57
4. Advice to the Leaders of the Islamic State (2007) 93
5. The Fallujah Memorandum (2009) 107
PART III
THE CALIPHATE
6. The Declaration of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (2013) 149
7. The Caliphate Rises (2014) 161
8. Global War (2014) 177
9. Women in the Islamic State (2015) 199
10. Media Jihad (2016) 215
PART IV
PURIFICATION
11. The Structure of the Caliphate (2016) 235
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CONTENTS
12. Defining Success and Failure (2016) 249
13. P atience (2018) 263
14. A Global Insurgency (2019) 279
15. The Guerrilla Caliph (2019) 293
Conclusion 303
Glossary 307
Index 311
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors owe a debt of gratitude to those who have shaped their thinking
about the Islamic State phenomenon over the years. As researchers, our think-
ing has been deeply influenced by scholars and analysts such as Laith Alkhouri,
Amarnath Amarasingam, Rasha al-Aqeedi, J.M. Berger, Cole Bunzel, Martha

Cottam, Jon Czarnecki, Anas Elallame, Brian Fishman, Mohammed Hafez,
Hassan Hassan, Samuel Helfont, Tore Hamming, Ahmed Hashim, Nibras
Kazimi, Ginamarie Ligon, Charles Lister, Shiraz Maher, Will McCants, @
Mr0rangetracker, Wassim Nasr, Pieter Van Ostaeyen, Daniele Raineri,
Aymenn al-Tamimi, Robert Tomlinson, Karl Walling, and Aaron Zelin. We
appreciate the support from Ryan Evans and his War on the Rocks editorial
team who published early explorations on our read of the group that inspired
chapters in this book. We also owe particular thanks to the International
Center for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) in the Hague who have been a tre-
mendous support to the authors. Special thanks to Dr Alastair Reed who has
been a great supporter of our work over the years and continues to work tire-
lessly to push the field of research and practice forward. During the authors’
military and national security careers, many fellow practitioners have offered
their own insights into the Islamic State movement, helping to shape not only
how we understood the movement but how best to confront it. Most impor-
tantly, we are grateful to the people from across the Middle East, Africa,
Europe, and South and Southeast Asia who have endured the hardships
wrought upon them by this movement and shared their insights and experi-
ences with us over countless conversations. Finally, thank you to Hurst’s
Michael Dwyer and Farhaana Arefin for their support and patience through-
out the editing process. We are grateful for all of their time and effort.
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