Etter først å ha deklamert et nytt kalifat og forandret navn til IS (Islamic State), publiserer ISIS et kart over sin ambiøse femårsplan som også inkluderer Spania, Portugal, Østerrike, Ungarn, Romania, og hele Balkanhalvøya.

Det betviles sterkt at resten av verden vil sitte stille og la dette skje:

‘The legality of all emirates, groups, states and organizations becomes null by the expansion of the caliph’s authority and the arrival of its troops to their areas,’ said Abu Mohammed al-Adnani.

‘Listen to your caliph and obey him. Support your state, which grows every day,’ he added in an audio statement posted online.

Al-Adnani loosely defined the state territory as running from northern Syria to the Iraqi province of Diyala – a vast stretch of land straddling the border that is already largely under ISIS control. 

He also said that with the establishment of the caliphate, the group was changing its name to just the Islamic State, dropping the mention of Iraq, Sham and the Levant.

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‘This announcement poses a huge threat to al-Qaida and its long-time position of leadership of the international jihadist cause,’ said Charles Lister, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Center.

‘Taken globally, the younger generation of the jihadist community is becoming more and more supportive of [ISIS] largely out of fealty to its slick and proven capacity for attaining rapid results through brutality,’ he added.

Det er mange muslimer som mener at den raske og store fremgangen for ISIS er bevis for at de har Allah på sin side. Et sterkt argument for enhver troende og ikke minst potensielle, fanatiske islamister. 
Daily Mail