Of course, there is widespread speculation that the IS Caliphate cannot endure. Yet even if this attempt to restore an Islamic caliphate fails, it marks an historic, epochal shift for contemporary Islam and the world. Restoration of the caliphate and the "glory of Islam" is now seen by Muslims as attainable, and it is only a matter of time before ISIS firms up their rule, or some other jihadist group or alliance establishes an Islamic state.
- Iraq: Islamic State destroys mosques, occupies cathedrals, replacing crosses with black flag of jihad
- ISIS Already in Gaza Strip; Hamas losing control
- Jihad group vows to cleanse Lebanon of churches
- Islamic State issues passport from “State of the Islamic Caliphate”
- Islamic State’s caliph al-Baghdadi said to be severely injured, flees to Syria
- UK Islamic State jihadi al-Britani threatens executions in Trafalgar Square
- All 294 US diplomatic outposts on high alert over threats from Islamic State
- ISIS Threatens Holocaust Against Jews
