The Algerian Civil War Hostile_encounter was a civil Hostile_encounter war Hostile_encounter in Algeria fought Hostile_encounter between the Algerian Government and various Islamic rebel groups from 26 December 1991 ( following a coup negating Preventing_or_letting an Islamist electoral victory Earnings_and_losses ) to 8 February 2002 .

The conflict Hostile_encounter began Process_start in December 1991 , when the new and enormously popular Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) party Participation appeared Coming_to_be poised to defeat Conquering the ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) party Social_event in the national parliamentary elections Change_of_leadership .

The MIA and various smaller insurgent bands regrouped Cause_to_amalgamate , becoming Becoming the FIS-loyalist Islamic Salvation Army ( AIS ) .

In 2006 , Ethiopian troops seized most of the south from the newly formed Coming_to_be Islamic Courts Union ( ICU ) .

The 2008 Mumbai attacks ( also referred to as 26/11 ) were a series of terrorist Terrorism attacks Attack that took place Process_start in November 2008 , when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba , an Islamic terrorist organisation based in Pakistan , carried out Action 12 coordinated shooting Use_firearm and bombing Attack attacks Attack lasting four days across Mumbai .

Early on , hostages were seen Change_sentiment holding Hold a black Islamic flag against the window of the café , featuring the `` shahādah '' creed .

Initially , many media organisations mistook Coming_to_believe it for the flag used Using by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ( ISIS ) ; Monis later demanded Request that an ISIS flag be brought Bringing to him .

Spokespeople for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas , in contrast , praised Judgment_communication the attack .

The Palestinian Authority brought in for questioning Criminal_investigation two Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders , related to Israeli claims Statement that the organization 's Al-Quds Brigades were responsible for the attack Terrorism .

Indian investigators believe Communication the Kashmir separatist/ Islamic terrorist Terrorism group Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the attacks Attack .

Kobanî , which is approximately 10 km from Suruç , was until January under siege by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) forces .

The next day , ISIL ( the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ) claimed Statement responsibility for the attack .

The attacker , Şeyh Abdurrahman Alagöz ( 20 ) , an ethnic Kurd from Adıyaman , reportedly had links Connect to Islamic State militants .

This incident Protest led to Causation violence Violence in Al Anbar Governorate between the Iraqi Army and a loose alliance of tribal militias and other groups fighting Hostile_encounter alongside the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) .

In 2014 , the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) from Syria to Iraq 's western provinces prompted Causation the U.S. to intervene Hindering again , alongside other militaries , to combat ISIL .

The Northern Iraq offensive began Process_start on 4 June 2014 , when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ; sometimes referred Statement to as the Islamic State ( IS ) ) and aligned forces began Process_start a major offensive in northern Iraq against the Iraqi government , following earlier clashes that had begun Process_start in December 2013 .

The Northern Iraq offensive began Process_start on 4 June 2014 , when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ; sometimes referred Statement to as the Islamic State ( IS ) ) and aligned forces began Process_start a major offensive in northern Iraq against the Iraqi government , following earlier clashes that had begun Process_start in December 2013 .

The Islamic State ( IS ) called Name_conferral the battles of Mosul and Saladin `` the Battle of the Lion of God al-Bilawi , '' ( ) in honor of Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi .

The opposing forces were the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism ( ARPCT ) , and militia loyal to the Islamic Courts Union ( ICU ) .

The ICU 's influence was largely generated Creating by wealthy financial donors who sought Hold to enable the Islamic Courts Union to seize Hold power in the country to bring Bringing stability .

The First Battle of Tikrit was a battle Hostile_encounter for the Iraqi city of Tikrit following the city 's capture Conquering by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) and Ba'athist Loyalists during the 2014 Northern Iraq offensive .

The Abbasid Revolution was the overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate ( 661–750 CE ) , the second of the four major Caliphates in early Islamic history , by the third , the Abbasid Caliphate ( 750–1258 CE ) .

The war began Process_start when Usman dan Fodio , a prominent Islamic scholar and teacher , was exiled Removing from Gobir by the King Yunfa , one of his former students .

Al-Askari reported Reporting that 800 suspects had been arrested Arrest , including 42 Islamic State of Iraq leaders .

`` The Times of India '' has reported Reporting that either the banned Preventing_or_letting organisation Students Islamic Movement of India or the militant organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba could be behind these blasts .

However , the unexpected rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) terror group—also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ( ISIS ) —led to a new operation against terror in the Middle East and South Asia , Operation Inherent Resolve .

However , the unexpected rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) terror group—also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ( ISIS ) —led to a new operation against terror in the Middle East and South Asia , Operation Inherent Resolve .

The aim Aiming of the operation Military_operation was to oust Removing Islamic militants from the north of Mali , who had begun Process_start a push Self_motion into the center of Mali .

Three of the five Islamic leaders , Abdelhamid Abou Zeid , Abdel Krim and Omar Ould Hamaha were killed Killing , while Mokhtar Belmokhtar fled Escaping to Libya and Iyad ag Ghali fled Escaping to Algeria .

Dissidents included Cause_to_be_included Christians who resented Perception_active an alleged Statement Islamic bias in the ELF , inhabitants of the coast with regionalist concerns , and radical Marxists .

This article covers the Afghan history between the Taliban 's conquest Conquering of Kabul and their establishing Creating of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on 27 September 1996 , and the U.S. and U.K. invasion Attack of Afghanistan on 7 October 2001 : a period that was part of the Afghan civil war that had started Process_start in 1989 , and also part of the war ( in wider sense ) in Afghanistan that had started Process_start in 1978 .

The Islamic State of Afghanistan government remained Presence the recognized government of Afghanistan of most of the international community , the Taliban 's Islamic Emirate however received Receiving recognition Judgment_communication from Saudi Arabia , Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates .

The Islamic State of Afghanistan government remained Presence the recognized government of Afghanistan of most of the international community , the Taliban 's Islamic Emirate however received Receiving recognition Judgment_communication from Saudi Arabia , Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates .

The defense Defending minister of the Islamic State of Afghanistan , Ahmad Shah Massoud , created Creating the United Front ( Northern Alliance ) in opposition to the Taliban .

Iran voted Choosing by national referendum to become Becoming an Islamic republic on 1 April 1979 and to formulate and approve Agree_or_refuse_to_act a new theocratic-republican constitution whereby Khomeini became Becoming Supreme Leader of the country in December 1979 .

The revolution was unusual for the surprise it created Creating throughout the world : it lacked many of the customary causes of revolution ( defeat at war , a financial crisis , peasant rebellion , or disgruntled military ) , occurred Coming_to_be in a nation that was experiencing relative prosperity , produced Creating profound change at great speed , was massively popular , resulted in Causation the exile of many Iranians , and replaced Change_of_leadership a pro-Western authoritarian monarchy with an anti-Western theocracy based on the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists ( or `` velayat-e faqih '' ) .

Israeli forces were subjected to a double attack Attack by militants from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad .

On June 6 , 2007 , the IDF arrested Arrest Jihad Salah Saliman Abu Dahar , a Palestinian member of Islamic Jihad from the Khan Yunis area , who according to Shin Bet officials admitted to several acts of violence , including the attack on Hatuel and her daughters .

The ceasefire was broken Bodily_harm almost immediately by rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israel , followed by retaliatory Israeli airstrikes , killing Killing at least seven Palestinians , among them two leaders of the Islamic Jihad .

The extremist Islamic group al-Shabaab claimed Statement responsibility for the incident , which it characterised as retribution for the Kenyan military 's deployment Arranging in the group 's home country of Somalia .

U.S. military officials said Telling that after the raid Attack U.S. forces took Action the body of bin Laden to Afghanistan for identification Check , then buried Placing it at sea within 24 hours of his death Death in accordance with Islamic tradition .

He claimed Statement allegiance to Al-Qaeda and said Telling he carried out Action his attacks because of France 's participation in the War in Afghanistan and its ban on Islamic face veils , and justified Justifying his attack on the Jewish school because `` The Jews kill Killing our brothers and sisters in Palestine '' .

Riding from the steppes of Central Asia , the Seljuq replicated tactics practiced Practice by the Huns hundreds of years earlier against a similar Roman opponent but now combining Cause_to_amalgamate it with new-found Islamic zeal ; in many ways Action , the Seljuq resumed Process_start the conquests Conquering of the Muslims in the Byzantine–Arab Wars initiated Process_start by the Rashidun , Umayyad and Abassid Caliphate in the Levant , North Africa and Asia Minor .

The Sinjar massacre was the genocidal killing Killing and abduction Kidnapping of thousands of Yazidi men in Sinjar ( `` Şingal '' ) city and Sinjar District in Iraq 's Nineveh Governorate by the Islamic terror group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIS ) in August 2014 .

The Sinjar massacre was the genocidal killing Killing and abduction Kidnapping of thousands of Yazidi men in Sinjar ( `` Şingal '' ) city and Sinjar District in Iraq 's Nineveh Governorate by the Islamic terror group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIS ) in August 2014 .

Prior to its fall Motion_directional , the city had evaded Escaping the fate of her neighbours by paying Giving tribute to the numerous fanatical ghazis , whose bands robbed Robbery and pillaged Committing_crime any who did not pay Commerce_pay protection money ( `` jizya '' ) , although the city was not officially under Islamic law .

The conflict succeeded the conclusion of the Algerian Civil War as the militant group Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ( GSPC ) allied Collaboration itself with al-Qaeda to eventually become Becoming al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ( AQIM ) .

In Libya the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) has been able to control Control some limited Limiting territory in the ongoing civil war Hostile_encounter since 2014 , amid allegations of local collaboration between the otherwise rivalling AQIM and ISIL .

Four radical Islamic terrorists separately detonated Attack three homemade bombs in quick succession aboard London Underground trains across the city and , later , a fourth on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square .

Afterwards , the MNLA began Process_start fighting Hostile_encounter against Ansar Dine and other Islamist groups , including Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa ( MOJWA/MUJAO ) , a splinter group of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb .