Ideology of the Islamic State

The ideology of the Islamic State, sometimes called Islamic Statism, has been described as being a hybrid of Salafism, Salafi jihadism,^[1]^[2] Sunni Islamist fundamentalism,^[3] Wahhabism,^[4]^[5] and Qutbism.^[6]^[7]^[8] Through its official statement of beliefs originally released by its first leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi in 2007 and subsequently updated since June 2014, the Islamic State defined its creed as "a middle way between the extremist Kharijites and the lax Murji'ites".^[1]^: 38

Important doctrines of ISIL include its belief that it represents a restoration of the caliphate of early Islam to which all Muslims are required to pledge allegiance;^[9] that a "defiled" Islam must be purged of apostasy, often with bloody sectarian killings,^[10] that the final Day of Judgment by God is near and will follow the defeat of the army of "Rome" by IS;^[2] that a strict adherence to following the precepts "established by the Prophet Muhammad and his earliest followers" is necessary, surpassing even that of other Salafi-Jihadi groups.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Bunzel, Cole (March 2015). "From Paper State to Caliphate: The Ideology of the Islamic State" (PDF). The Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World. 19. Washington, D.C.: Center for Middle East Policy (Brookings Institution): 1–48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wood, Graeme (March 2015). "What ISIS Really Wants". The Atlantic. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ A. Gerges, Fawaz (2016). "Introduction". ISIS: A History. Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540: Princeton University Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-691-17000-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Armstrong, Karen (27 November 2014). "Wahhabism to ISIS: how Saudi Arabia exported the main source of global terrorism". New Statesman. London. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ Crooke, Alastair (30 March 2017) [First published 27 August 2014]. "You Can't Understand ISIS If You Don't Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 28 August 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ Williams, Dodeye U. (2018). "The Incongruity of Sayyid Qutb's Political Islam and National Integration in Nigeria: A Descriptive Analysis". Politics and Religion Journal. 12 (2): 245–262. doi:10.54561/prj1202245w. ISSN 1820-6581.
^ Sazanov, Ploom, Vladimir, Illimar (2021). "Some Remarks on the Ideological Core and Political Pillars of the So-called Islamic State". Modern Management Review. 26 (1): 59–80. doi:10.7862/rz.2021.mmr.06. S2CID 237957039 – via Academia.edu. Thus, in essence, ISIS draws heavily from the Qutbist branch of Salafism, using and promoting the ideas and views of such Islamist scholars and spokesmen as Sayyid Qutb...{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ A. George, Fawaz (2016). ISIS: A History. United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 L 1TW: Princeton University Press. pp. 217–218. ISBN 978-0-691-17000-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Endtimes Brewing Huffington Post (UK) article by Anne Speckhard, 29 August 2014
^ Cite error: The named reference Crooke-30-8-2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Bunzel-1] Bunzel, Cole (March 2015). "From Paper State to Caliphate: The Ideology of the Islamic State" (PDF). The Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World. 19. Washington, D.C.: Center for Middle East Policy (Brookings Institution): 1–48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[what-isis-really-wants-2] Wood, Graeme (March 2015). "What ISIS Really Wants". The Atlantic. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[3] A. Gerges, Fawaz (2016). "Introduction". ISIS: A History. Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540: Princeton University Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-691-17000-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

[Armstrong_2014-4] Armstrong, Karen (27 November 2014). "Wahhabism to ISIS: how Saudi Arabia exported the main source of global terrorism". New Statesman. London. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[5] Crooke, Alastair (30 March 2017) [First published 27 August 2014]. "You Can't Understand ISIS If You Don't Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 28 August 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[:0-6] Williams, Dodeye U. (2018). "The Incongruity of Sayyid Qutb's Political Islam and National Integration in Nigeria: A Descriptive Analysis". Politics and Religion Journal. 12 (2): 245–262. doi:10.54561/prj1202245w. ISSN 1820-6581.

[7] Sazanov, Ploom, Vladimir, Illimar (2021). "Some Remarks on the Ideological Core and Political Pillars of the So-called Islamic State". Modern Management Review. 26 (1): 59–80. doi:10.7862/rz.2021.mmr.06. S2CID 237957039 – via Academia.edu. Thus, in essence, ISIS draws heavily from the Qutbist branch of Salafism, using and promoting the ideas and views of such Islamist scholars and spokesmen as Sayyid Qutb...{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[8] A. George, Fawaz (2016). ISIS: A History. United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 L 1TW: Princeton University Press. pp. 217–218. ISBN 978-0-691-17000-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

[speckhard-29-8-2014-9] Endtimes Brewing Huffington Post (UK) article by Anne Speckhard, 29 August 2014

[Crooke-30-8-2014-10] Cite error: The named reference Crooke-30-8-2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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