The Economist (March 21)
2015/ 03/ 21 by jd in Global News
The Islamic State (IS) may still be launching attacks, but “the good news is that cracks in the caliphate are becoming increasingly apparent. IS is losing ground, money and the consent of the people it rules.”
USA Today (July 7)
2014/ 07/ 07 by jd in Global News
ISIS has revived the caliphate last abolished in 1924. While ISIS may have hoped to “provide a visible symbol of unity for the world’s Muslims,” reintroducing the caliphate might prove “the very worst thing it could have done.” Lacking an agreed upon succession process, “there are bound to be rivals. Already, ISIS is literally at daggers drawn with al-Qaeda and other Islamists…. ISIS has vastly raised the stakes and conceivably made itself a target for some fanatical and well-armed enemies.”
