Mohammed-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou digs very deep into Middle Eastern history and religion in order to evaluate the success and defeats of Islamic State - which is now one year old.
"...the new organization has, in the same time frame, received 21 pledges of allegiance or expression of formal support by groups around the world. Whereas al-Qaeda launched franchises over three years (2004-2007), IS could, within a year, claim provinces in Libya (Ansar al-Sharia in Derna), Nigeria (Boko Haram in Maiduguri) and Egypt (Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis in the Sinai Peninsula).
"It has also generated at least one new group, Jund al-Khilafah (Soldiers of the Caliphate) in Algeria in September 2014. Attacks were conducted in its name in France in January, in Tunisia in March, in Yemen in April and twice in Saudi Arabia in May."
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"...the new organization has, in the same time frame, received 21 pledges of allegiance or expression of formal support by groups around the world. Whereas al-Qaeda launched franchises over three years (2004-2007), IS could, within a year, claim provinces in Libya (Ansar al-Sharia in Derna), Nigeria (Boko Haram in Maiduguri) and Egypt (Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis in the Sinai Peninsula).
"It has also generated at least one new group, Jund al-Khilafah (Soldiers of the Caliphate) in Algeria in September 2014. Attacks were conducted in its name in France in January, in Tunisia in March, in Yemen in April and twice in Saudi Arabia in May."
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