Posted on 02/20/2015 12:28:21 AM PST by Mozilla
The Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), has become a bitter rival of Al Qaeda, its parent organization. Its leaders represent a new generation of Islamist militants who have broken with Al Qaeda in a power struggle over Syria and the future of the global Islamist revolution.
Both groups share the same ultimate goal: the establishment of a global caliphate, to be ruled under a harsh brand of sharia (Islamic law). But they clash over what strategy and tactics are best, as well as who should lead the global jihad (holy war) to build the caliphate.
Al Qaeda today is a far different organization than it was during Usama bin Laden’s heyday. The network is more decentralized and far-flung. Its expansion was fueled, in part, by absorbing other Sunni Islamist extremist groups.
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The bottom line is that Al Qaeda and ISIS increasingly are competing for recruits, funding and leadership of the global Islamist revolution.
The good news is that this power struggle may weaken both of them.
The bad news is that their rivalry may spark a competition to see who can launch the most spectacular terrorist attacks against Western targets. Moreover, Syria has emerged as a terrorist sanctuary that potentially poses a greater threat to the United States than Afghanistan did before 9/11.
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the establishment of a global caliphate, to be ruled under a harsh brand of sharia (Islamic law).
Theres a version of Islamic Law thats NOT HARSH?.... WHO KNEW?....
I think it meant that it would be worse than ever imagined.
Two sides of the same coin.
They aren’t ever going intramural, so we should take the lead and rain hell on them.
Al Qaeda and Islamic State…Totalitarians Without Borders and Totalitarians With Borders. Double edged sword. The state and its warriors in infidel lands. Dar al harb, dar al Islam.
“The universalism of Islam, in its all-embracing creed, is imposed on the believers as a continuous process of warfare, psychological and political, if not strictly military. . . . The Jihad, accordingly, may be stated as a doctrine of a permanent state of war, not continuous fighting.”— Majid Khadduri; The Quranic Concept of War
Did I just hear that the U.S. will be accepting several thousand “refuges” from Syria? How many of those so-called “refuges” will be ISIS or Al Qaeda transplants?
This county is being run by total IDIOTS.
both groups are working together-
This story is BS-
Speculative and honestly poorly sourced.
Good to see someone finally focusing on the goal of IS.
IS views everything in terms of the global caliphate dreams.
This makes them more dangerous long term than AQ.
But they are one and the same and would rather crush the west together, and fight it out later like Iran Iraq wars of the past.
And don’t forget HuT.
Lots missing from this article, but not a bad start.
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