And before this the story gets even stranger, as there are said to be the remains of a secret, underground shrine, the home to a mystery cult dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis.
A little more than a week later, al-Zarqawi orchestrated an attack on the UN headquarters in the same city. It was carried out by a twenty-six-year-old Moroccan man, Abu Osama al-Maghribi, who drove a VBIED into a wall right underneath ...
A detention facility situated just south of the Green Zone, the bunker's Special Interrogations Unit was run by Bashir Nasr al-Wandi, nicknamed “Engineer Ahmed.” A former senior intelligence operative for the Badr Corps, Engineer Ahmed ...
“I was told there'd be Grand Theft Auto V.” In an article for the New Statesman, Maher observed that “[d]uring the Iraq War, sympathisers of al-Qaeda needed access to password-protected fo- rums, where they could learn about events on ...
In this book, one of the world's leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions as he provides a unique history of the rise and growth of ISIS.
What explains the rise of ISIS and the caliphate, and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world’s leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions.
ISIS: The State of Terror traces the ideological innovations that the group deploys to recruit unprecedented numbers of Westerners, the composition of its infamous snuff videos, and the technological tools it exploits on social media to ...
This accessible book explains what ISIS is, what the group's goals are, what their members believe, and why their ranks are growing.
This book provides insight into ISIS from its beginnings to the present, through coverage of its people, organizations, and operations.
As a terrorism network, ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) has attacked Westerners and non-supportive Muslims worldwide, killing and wounding thousands.
Isis
ISIS covers the history of the terrorist organization and what it stands for, how its leaders recruit more followers, and the importance of understanding the threat this organization poses for the rest of the world.
What explains the rise of ISIS and the caliphate, and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world’s leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions.
Relying on a thorough understanding of the role of ideology, discourse, and framing, this volume discusses ISIS as an Islamist ideological organization, and examines its philosophical scaffolding within the material conditions produced by ...
This book seeks to investigate and explore most of these questions and also recommends ways in countering the ISIS threat both ideologically and militarily.
Samurai! When Isis stops an assassination attempt in the sauna of a gym, she gets up caught up in a mystery involving corporate espionage, a high-tech device, and a trio of female assassins skilled in the martial arts.
In this extensive work the author Lesley Jackson draws on two of the principle sources of information on Isis, the texts of the Ancient Egyptians and those of the Classical writers, to present the most complete presentation of her worship ...
This empowering and engaging narrative tells the story of Isis, the legendary goddess who ruled over the other gods and goddesses in Ancient Egypt. Hear compelling myths of Isis's great power and learn where she fit in a family of gods.
Isis first appears during the period of Old Kingdom (ca. 2660-2190 BCE) but only later does she take on her most famous role of being a sister-wife of Osiris.
This is not another terrorist network but a formidable enemy in tune with the new modernity of the current world disorder. As Napoleoni writes, "Ignoring these facts is more than misleading and superficial, it is dangerous.