A family schism

• Autores: Reed Shafer-Ray
• Localización: Harvard International Review, ISSN-e 0739-1854, Vol. 37, Nº. 1, 2016, págs. 16-17
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the history of how the conflict between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the al-Qaida terrorist groups began. Topics discussed include ISIL's opposition of the Shiite denomination of Islam, the polarization of Islamic communism and democracy during the Cold War, and the decision of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to combine the group with the Syrian branch of al-Qaida in 201