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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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prophecy --- Janiculum Hill --- the pope --- 2012 --- the Antichrist --- Petrus --- mysticism --- hidden knowledge --- history of the papacy --- Apostolic succession --- Constantine --- historicism --- doctrine --- dogma --- supernaturalism --- the end times --- priestcraft --- sacraments --- sorcery --- occultism --- the United States --- the Vatican --- the New World Order --- Petrus Romanus

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evil moving throughout the land --- the Lord --- hell --- Holy standards --- God --- righteousness --- purity --- grace --- the things of the world --- openly pursue evil --- Church --- Jesus --- the awesomeness of the wedding table for the marriage supper of the lamb --- deceptions --- lies --- mankind --- salvation --- fear --- full surrender --- magnificent eternal beauty --- glory --- end time Psalm --- vision --- the rapture --- commandments --- the Holy Word --- eternity --- hell on earth --- death and destruction --- loving --- praying --- worshiping --- trusting --- believing --- hoping --- confidence --- patience --- doctrine --- Satan --- loving the world --- Christians --- the importance of faith in the end times --- eternal loss --- Father God --- darkness coming over the earth --- lukewarmness --- the one true light of Christ --- faithfulness --- Lamentation of the coming sadness to the earth --- the Lord's soon return