THE ‘ISLAMIC STATE OF IS’ IS NOT AN ISLAMIC STATE Against True Islam

religious authority over all Muslims across the world and aspires to bring most of the Muslim-inhabited regions of the world under its political control beginning with Iraq, Syria and other territories in the Levant region which include Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Cyprus and part of southern Turkey. In June 2014, it had at least 4,000 fighters in its ranks in Iraq. The number of fighters in the group had increased to 50,000 in Syria and 30,000 in Iraq. It has claimed responsibility for attacks on government and military targets and for attacks that killed thousands of civilians. According to the Islamic concepts, a government emerges from society; it is not imposed on the society from outside. This kind of a state has no place in Islam, because it has no sanction in the Quran and Sunnah. Such a state is totally against the Islamic spirit. According to the Quran and Sunnah, no person or group has the right to proclaim their sovereignty. To declare someone as sovereign is the domain of the people, and not that of any particular individual. The case of ISIS is certainly a case of illegal coup, rather than a lawful act of Islam. o Prove Yourself Those who want to find a place in Paradise have to prove in this world that they were peace-loving individuals and who followed tolerance even in the face of provocation.