Posted on 06/29/2014 11:40:30 AM PDT by tcrlaf
ISIS jihadists have declared the captured territories from Iraq's Diyala province to Syria's Aleppo a new Islamic State - a ‘caliphate.' They removed 'Iraq and the Levant' from their name and urged other radical Sunni groups to pledge their allegiance.
ISIS announced that it should now be called 'The Islamic State' and declared its chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as "the caliph" of the new state and "leader for Muslims everywhere," the radical Sunni militant group said in an audio recording distributed online on Sunday.
This is the first time since the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1923 that a Caliph – which means a political successor to Prophet Muhammad – has been declared. The decision was made following the group’s Shura Council meeting on Sunday, according to ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani.
The new Islamic State has marked its borders, spanning the territory captured by the group in a bloody rampage, from Iraq's volatile Diyala province to Syria's war-torn Aleppo.
The jihadist group has also claimed that they are now a legitimate state.
The Islamic State has called on Al-Qaeda and other radical Sunni militants in the region to immediately pledge their allegiance, ushering in “a new era of international jihad.”
Maybe the d@mn Russians will firebomb some peace & order into that godforsaken s***hole known as the Middle East.
They could get away with it, Israel can’t unfortunately.
I was amazed when I read about them(extremists) crucifying Christians in Egypt.
And to realize they still do this barbaric thing in modern times...
Crucified...what next...being fed to the lions?
Abu Bakr al-Baghadi holds the same name as the first caliph...
Oh, we won't do it - but Putin just might. Or the Israelis.
That’s a little scary.
ISIS-Calls-on-Jihadists-to-Join-Them-or-Face-Death
Vanity posted a few weeks ago...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3168721/posts?page=52
ISIS is Ishtar the Great Whore of Babylon...
Bakr holds the same name as the first caliph...
There was a time when I could not imagine Israel actually needing to use a nuke, that time has run out with the announcement of the caliphate. (Isaiah 17)
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