The members of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) lay siege to the Tuzhurmatu district in Kirkuk, Iraq on February 13, 2014.

Combining Modern Technology, Political Savvy, and Terror, The Islamic State Grows

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 1, 2014

World-renowned terrorism expert Loretta Napoleoni discusses the massive enterprise known as ISIS or The Islamic State, as much a political entity as a terrorist group. ISIS has redrawn national borders across the Middle East and subjugated an area larger than the United Kingdom to its own vicious brand of Sharia law. In The Islamist Phoenix: The Islamic State and the Redrawing of the Middle East, Napoleoni argues that Western media misunderstands ISIS, ignoring their new model for nation building and their keen understanding of Middle Eastern politics. 

The Islamist Phoenix
The Islamist Phoenix
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