THE NEW CALIPHATE – A WAR OF ALL AGAINST ALL
Accepted
28 March 2026
Available Online
15 March 2016
Abstract
THE STATUS OF MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT, THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR, THE ACTIONS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA (ISIS) SELF -DECLARED CALIPHATE, CONSTITUTE AN ISSUE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE, THAT AROUSES INTEREST AMONG THE PUBLIC, GIVEN THAT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA, TENDS TO HAVE GREAT INFLUENCES ON A WORLDWIDE LEVEL. CALIPHATE IT IS A FORM OF ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT WHICH REPRESENTS THE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS UNITY OF THE MUSLIM WORLD, HAS AS A LEADER THE CALIPH, THE POLITICAL LEADER OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE “SUC CESSOR”, “DEPUTY“ OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD. THE APPEARANCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST OF A NEW SUNNI FUNDAMENTALIST STATE, WITHOUT BORDERS, EXPANDING, SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP, CAN BE EXPLAINED BY THE VERY BIOGRAPHY OF THE LAST DECADE OF ITS LEADER, ABU BAKR AL-BAGHDADI. THERE IS NO QUESTION OF LAMENTING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SOME SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTIONS FROM THE HISTORY OF ISLAM, BUT THE ABSENCE OF A CENTRALIZED AUTHORITY, LEAVES A COMMUNITY OF NEARLY 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE, A FIFTH OF THE WORLD POPULATION, IN DRIFT AN D VULNERABILITY.
Keywords
MIDDLE EAST
CONFLICT
CALIPHATE
FUNDAMENTALIST STATE
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