Table of Contents

Introduction

First part. Soil

New Era

The downfall of Ottoman Empire and the new beginning
Lost and craved Caliphate
Political Islam and Muslim Brotherhood (read)

Hate triangle — Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

Birth of enemies
Barracks and madrasas in Egypt (read)
War

1979

Iranian revolution
Crisis of Mecca
Afghan War

Second part. Creation

Zarkawi — from petty gangster to the leader of the movement

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Mujahid

Iraq war — the finest hours of Zarqawi

Casus belli
Disadvantages of smart weapons
Terrorist Superstar

Humiliation of Iraq and the great chance for Zarqawi’s gang

The disastrous consequences of the Iraq war
Islamisation of Iraq
Army of the unemployed

The insurgency of Zarkawi’s mujahideen

Al-Qaeda in the land of two Rivers
Zarqawi against shia
The project of Islamic State

On the brink of collapse

Establishment of the state (read)
Anbar awakening
Shia leader in Iraq

Islamic State in the Iraq and Levant

Arab spring and autumn in Syria
New Era: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Islamic State in Syria: Al-Nusra front

Caliphate

Hijacking of Revolution
The Triumph of Islamists in Mosul
Establishment of the Caliphate

Triumph and Disaster

Massacre of Yazidis
The Siege of Kobani
Worldwide Caliphate

Third part. Idea

Temptation

Searchers
History without history (read)
Litmus Women

Faith

Islam in the Wild
Religion of peace and trouble
Fundamental reformations: Salafism and Wahhabism

Islam of the Islamic State

Failed kingdom
The end of the world
Followers

State

Statehood of the state
Bureaucracy
Men with Arms

Masterplan

Seven stage masterplan
Management of savagery
Order of Disorder

Propaganda

Apotheosis of hyper-communication (read)
Message
Full HD terrorism

The end without end

References and Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index