The IS ‘caliphate’ centred on Mosul, had its own justice system served, efficiently, by its own police force.
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The leaders of Islamic State do not see their caliphate as an exercise in theocracy for its own sake, but as an attempt at post-colonial emancipation.
After the death of Osama Bin Laden in May 2011, the global jihadist movement seemed to have become fragmented and considerably weakened. This happened for various reasons. First, the coincidence of the…
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Professor of Middle-Eastern and Islamic Studies, Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès
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