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Also Known As	ISIL • al-Dawlah al-Islāmiyyah fī al-ʿIrāq wa al-Shām • ISIS • Islamic State in Iraq and Syria • Dāʿish • Islamic State • Daesh
Date	April 2013 - present
Areas Of Involvement	Islam • sharia • terrorism • extremism • suicide bombing • beheading • Sunni
Related People	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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