The Three Phases of Jihadism

... establish caliphates. The third phase of Jihadism, namely ISIS, held a post-millenarian perspective, as opposed ... ... which was pre-millenarian. By the same token, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi independently developed a form of jihad ... ... sectarian. He was far more focused on killing Shias than westerners, targeting the heretics before the real ... ... With this support, they established a network in Syria and Iraq which eventually became the Caliphate. The third phase of Jihadism did not take place on the stage of satellite ... ... them to build a mechanism that would lead to the Islamic State and to the Caliphate which was proclaimed ...