The purpose of this essay has been to find an explanation for the destruction of different cultural and historical heritage sites and objects by the Islamic State. The study was made by applying theories of cosmic war and terrorism motivated with religious language on the Islamic State magazine Dabiq. The results from Dabiq showed that the Islamic State use a religious language to sanction their destruction. They claim that they are fighting for an Islamic identity, a divine struggle that can’t be lost. Their long term mission is to reinstate the historic caliphate of Islam. To do this they need to destroy all kinds of objects that defy their extreme form of Islam. These objects are seen as images of idolatry and an expression of nationalis...
The prolonged conflict that faces several Middle East Countries such as Iraq and Syria gave emerged ...
Current research on jihadism is dominated by the policy and security perspectives that characterize ...
This study contributes to efforts to theorize contemporary challenges to the nation-state as a norma...
The purpose of this essay has been to find an explanation for the destruction of different cultural ...
This paper examines utopian ideologies and their effects in motivating iconoclasm. Using the cases o...
This paper analyses the way in which Islamic State manages cultural heritage sites under its control...
Just like other actors involved in conflicts around power in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State regul...
This investigation was first inspired by the seeming contradiction between international condemnatio...
The aim of this study has been to find out what methods the Islamic State are using in order to mobi...
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) destroyed several Palmyra historical and cultural sites ...
The artistic tradition of the Middle East is under attack. While sensationalized media and fear-mong...
The Islamic State has struck the world with its brutal and shameless displays of violence, extensive...
In march 2001 and fourteen years later in march 2015, destructive acts were carried out against some...
Tato práce se zabývá ideologií Islámského státu (IS) v kontextu moderního náboženského fundamentalis...
By conceptualizing the Islamic State as a ‘Schmittian state’ with a black and white world view divid...
The prolonged conflict that faces several Middle East Countries such as Iraq and Syria gave emerged ...
Current research on jihadism is dominated by the policy and security perspectives that characterize ...
This study contributes to efforts to theorize contemporary challenges to the nation-state as a norma...
The purpose of this essay has been to find an explanation for the destruction of different cultural ...
This paper examines utopian ideologies and their effects in motivating iconoclasm. Using the cases o...
This paper analyses the way in which Islamic State manages cultural heritage sites under its control...
Just like other actors involved in conflicts around power in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State regul...
This investigation was first inspired by the seeming contradiction between international condemnatio...
The aim of this study has been to find out what methods the Islamic State are using in order to mobi...
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) destroyed several Palmyra historical and cultural sites ...
The artistic tradition of the Middle East is under attack. While sensationalized media and fear-mong...
The Islamic State has struck the world with its brutal and shameless displays of violence, extensive...
In march 2001 and fourteen years later in march 2015, destructive acts were carried out against some...
Tato práce se zabývá ideologií Islámského státu (IS) v kontextu moderního náboženského fundamentalis...
By conceptualizing the Islamic State as a ‘Schmittian state’ with a black and white world view divid...
The prolonged conflict that faces several Middle East Countries such as Iraq and Syria gave emerged ...
Current research on jihadism is dominated by the policy and security perspectives that characterize ...
This study contributes to efforts to theorize contemporary challenges to the nation-state as a norma...