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The so-called Islamic State, or ISIS, has inspired young men and women around the world to commit heinous acts in its name. By the thousands, they have flooded into the Islamic State's vase stronghold in Syria and Iraq, and in nearly every continent they have carried out attacks under its black banner. The Islamic State has become one of the most popular and successful jihadist groups on the planet, surpassing even al-Qaeda. How did the Islamic State attract so many followers and conquer so much land ? By being more ruthless, more messianic, and more devoted to empire-building than its competitors. The shrewd leaders of the Islamic State combined two of the most powerful yet contradictory ideas in Islam - the return of the Islamic Empire and the end of the world - into a mission and a message that shapes its strategy and inspires its army of zealous fighters. They have defied conventional thinking about how to wage wars and win recruits. Even if the Islamic State is defeated, jihadist terrorism will never be the same. Based almost entirely on primary sources in Arabic - including ancient religious texts and secret al-Qaeda and Islamic State letters that few outsiders have seen - this book explores how religious fervor, strategic calculation, and doomsday prophesy shaped the Islamic State's past and foreshadow its dark future.

I.S. (ORGANIZATION) --- TERRORISM--RELIGIOUS ASPECTS--ISLAM --- TERRORISM--MIDDLE EAST --- JIHAD --- the black flag --- Mahdi --- sectarian apocalypse --- Caliphate --- Sunni islamic prophecies of the end times --- Islamic State --- twelve caliphs

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This book analyzes the place and influence of religion in European politics. François Foret presents the first data ever collected on the religious beliefs of European decision makers and what they do with these beliefs. Discussing popular assumptions such as the return of religion, aggressive European secularism, and religious lobbying, Foret offers objective data and non-normative conceptual frameworks to clarify some major issues in the contemporary political debate.

Religion and politics --- Religion and state --- Church and state --- Secularism --- Religion et politique --- Religion et Etat --- Eglise et Etat --- Sécularisation --- Parlementaires européens --- Pays de l'Union européenne --- Politique et gouvernement --- Aspect religieux --- 261.7 <4> --- Ethics --- Irreligion --- Utilitarianism --- Atheism --- Postsecularism --- Secularization (Theology) --- Christianity and state --- Separation of church and state --- State and church --- State, The --- State and religion --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Politics and religion --- Religion --- Religions --- De Kerk en de burgerlijke macht: Kerk en Staat; godsdienstvrijheid; verdraagzaamheid; tolerantie:--theologische aspecten--Europa --- Religious aspects --- Political aspects --- 261.7 <4> De Kerk en de burgerlijke macht: Kerk en Staat; godsdienstvrijheid; verdraagzaamheid; tolerantie:--theologische aspecten--Europa --- Sécularisation --- Parlementaires européens. --- Aspect religieux. --- Religion and politics - European Union countries --- Religion and state - European Union countries --- Church and state - European Union countries --- Secularism - European Union countries --- religion --- European polity --- religion and European integration --- neo-functionalism --- intergovernmentalism --- national religions --- multilevel governance --- religious interest representations --- neo-institutionalisms --- deinstitutionalized religion --- religion and the EU --- ethical lines --- European rulers --- Christian democrats --- secularism --- neutrality --- MEPs --- separation between politics and religion --- the United States --- religion in the recruitment of European elites --- European judges --- European civil servants --- entrepreneurs of Europe --- religion in the European electoral process --- traditional values --- secularizing Europe --- traditional morality --- religion and political socialization in Brussels --- religion and political sociability --- lobbying --- religious civil society --- the European moral community --- religion and public action in the EU --- public policy --- welfare --- moral issues --- political conflicts --- European lawmaking --- European culture wars --- legitimization of the EU --- religion in the public sphere --- the Christian heritage of Europe --- the religious shadows of European symbols --- the European flag --- the euro --- the Muslim veil --- European identity --- religions in the media --- Americanization --- Europeanization --- Turkey --- European diplomacy --- the international profile of the EU --- the cartoons crisis --- religious wars --- clash of civilization --- religion at the European Parliament --- spheres of competences