A) Emphasis on eschatology and apocalypticism B) Rejection of establishing an Islamic state C) Reliance solely on peaceful diplomacy D) Focus exclusively on domestic politics in the West
A) Baghdad B) Mosul C) Raqqa D) Dabiq
A) Democratic manifestos B) References to the End Times C) Economic reform plans D) Scientific discoveries
A) Middle Eastern governments were more stable and sectarianism was more subdued B) Al-Qaeda strictly forbade religious texts C) Foreign fighters were barred from traveling D) There was no internet access available
A) 2014 B) 1990 C) 2010 D) 2004
A) A caliphate B) A constitutional democracy C) A federal republic D) A socialist confederation
A) Muhammad B) Omar C) Abu Bakr D) Ali
A) November 2015 B) June 2004 C) June 2014 D) May 2017
A) 15 July 2004 B) 11 September 2001 C) 1 January 2015 D) 29 June 2014
A) Emigration to Europe B) Allegiance C) Democratic votes D) Financial donations
A) To remain strictly within Iraq and Syria B) To conquer only Southwestern Asia C) To establish a small autonomous region D) To seize land and take over the entire Earth
A) Democracy B) Sharia law C) Jahiliyyah D) Caliphate rule
A) They must form alliances with ISIL B) They have to die C) They are acceptable neighbors D) They should be protected
A) Those established by the UK and France in the Sykes–Picot Agreement B) Those set by the United Nations charter C) Those created by the Ottoman Empire D) Those drawn by the Roman Empire
A) Only North America B) Only Western Europe C) All non-Muslim areas D) Neighboring tribal territories
A) Jürgen Todenhöfer B) Samir Abd Muhammad al-Khlifawi C) Martin Reardon D) Al-Baghdadi
A) Immediate aerial bombardment B) Infiltration of the area with spies C) Negotiating with local governments D) Broadcasting propaganda on television
A) Distribution of food and aid B) Elections for local mayors C) Murder and kidnapping of potential leaders or opponents D) Establishment of public schools
A) Peace treaties were signed B) First dozens and then hundreds of people disappeared C) A democratic council was formed D) The city was abandoned
A) To provide them with economic prosperity and healthcare B) To educate them in modern political science C) To integrate them into Western society D) To psychologically "break" them to ensure absolute allegiance through fear and intimidation
A) Educate, pacifiy, and assimilate B) Negotiate, compromise, and settle C) Isolate, ignore, and withdraw D) Terrorize, mobilize, and polarize
A) To encourage foreign tourism B) To intimidate civilians and force target governments to make rash decisions C) To comply with international law D) To demonstrate advanced military hardware
A) By organizing academic conferences B) By funding peaceful community centers C) By encouraging them to run for public office D) By motivating them with spectacular deadly attacks deep in Western territory
A) To dissolve the borders between nation-states peacefully B) To unite all world religions under a single banner C) To promote international trade agreements D) To drive Muslim populations away from their governments and increase the appeal of the caliphate
A) The desert climate of Iraq and Syria B) The use of digital currency C) All historical monuments D) The "grey zone" between non-Muslims and IS
A) Moderate Muslims living in the West who feel engaged in society B) Foreign government diplomats C) Neutral military contractors D) Unregistered journalists
A) Establish diplomatic embassies worldwide B) Engage in cyber espionage only C) Focus entirely on defensive fortifications D) Diversify and widen vexation strikes against the Crusader-Zionist enemy to drain it
A) Demonstrate its capability for large-scale construction B) Comply with foreign ceasefire agreements C) Rebuild infrastructure in war-torn cities D) Bolster morale and distract attention from its loss of territory
A) The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing B) The 2013 Boston Marathon bombing C) The 3 June 2017 attacks in London D) The 2001 World Trade Center attacks
A) The 2003 invasion of Iraq B) The 2012 Benghazi attack C) The 2016 Berlin truck attack D) The 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall
A) Al-Nusra B) Da'esh C) Hamas D) Hezbollah
A) The Arab League B) The European Union only C) The United Nations D) The International Red Cross
A) 1 million B) 12 million C) 500,000 D) 50 million
A) The Arab Awakening B) The Al-Sham coalition C) The Mujahideen Shura Council D) The Muslim Brotherhood
A) Yazidis B) Chechens C) Kurds D) Sunni Muslims
A) Ruhollah Khomeini B) Sayyid Qutb C) Ibn Saud D) Osama bin Laden
A) Abu Musab al-Zarqawi B) Abu Abdullah al-Muhajir C) Sayyid Qutb D) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
A) The Black Standard B) The Green Banner of Islam C) The Red Crescent Flag D) The Golden Caliphate Standard
A) Laurent Fabius B) Abdulelah Haider Shaye C) Hayder al Khoei D) Bernard Haykel
A) Wahhabism B) Ba'athism C) Salafi jihadism D) Marxism-Leninism
A) Syrian Democratic Forces B) Turkish Armed Forces C) Iraqi Security Forces D) Free Syrian Army
A) Persian B) Arab C) Kurdish D) Turkmen
A) Ten percent B) Half C) All of them D) One quarter
A) 30,000 B) 8,000,000 C) Around 20,000 D) 3,000
A) 3,400 B) 15,000 C) 30,000 D) 200,000
A) Direct factory manufacturing B) Black market purchases from Western nations C) Donations from foreign allies D) Captured weapons
A) Bashar al-Assad's Syrian stockpiles B) Saddam Hussein's Iraqi stockpiles C) Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan stockpiles D) The Shah's Iranian stockpiles
A) Twenty-five per cent B) Fifty per cent C) Seventy-five per cent D) Ninety per cent
A) Javelin missiles B) Stinger missiles C) TOW missiles D) Hellfire missiles
A) Baghdad University B) Damascus University C) Basra University D) Mosul University
A) Mustard agent B) Sarin gas C) Chlorine gas D) VX nerve agent
A) Cluster bombs B) JDAM precision bombs C) Napalm bombs D) Paveway IV guided bombs
A) 5% B) 25% C) 10% D) 50%
A) A 'women's house' B) A local prison C) A training camp D) A refugee tent
A) Remarry B) Join combat units C) Return to their home countries D) Live alone
A) Al-Khansaa Brigade B) Umm al-Mu'minin Brigade C) Zainabiyoun Brigade D) Khattab Brigade
A) As early as nine years old B) As early as fifteen years old C) As early as eighteen years old D) As early as twelve years old
A) Four B) Six C) Three D) Five
A) 2015 B) 2010 C) 2005 D) 2012
A) The Iraqi National Intelligence Service B) The RAND Corporation C) The United States Department of Justice D) The Financial Action Task Force
A) 75% B) 5% C) 20% D) 50%
A) Charging high corporate taxes B) Having assets worth US$2 billion C) Selling billions of barrels of oil D) Receiving massive outside donations
A) Holcim B) Swiss Exchange C) RAND D) Lafarge
A) Eleventh century B) Ninth century C) Fifth century D) Seventh century
A) Minimal B) Moderate C) Overwhelming D) Universal
A) History B) Islamic Law C) Jihad D) Sharia
A) Art B) Geography C) Music D) Jihad
A) Science B) Mathematics C) Foreign languages D) Sharia
A) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi B) Abu Omar al-Baghdadi C) Iman al-Bugha D) Abu Mohammad al-Adnani
A) Sixteen B) Eighteen C) Twelve D) Fifteen
A) Twenty-one B) Twenty-two C) Eighteen D) Fifteen
A) The Islamic State B) Jamāʻat al-Tawḥīd wa-al-Jihād C) Al Qaeda D) The Badr Brigade
A) Syrian B) Saudi C) Iraqi D) Jordanian
A) Peaceful protests B) Cyberattacks C) Bombings D) Naval blockades
A) Egypt B) Libya C) Yemen D) Algeria
A) A quasi-state B) A multinational corporation C) A liberation front D) A terrorist cell
A) June 2015 B) Late 2020 C) October 2022 D) March 2019
A) North American affiliates B) African affiliates C) Asian affiliates D) European affiliates
A) Mali B) Mozambique C) Nigeria D) Egypt
A) Zarqawi Forest B) Cabo Delgado Forest C) Ansongo Forest D) Sambisa Forest
A) Indonesia B) Mozambique C) Nigeria D) Mali
A) Sahel province B) Libyan province C) Cabo Delgado province D) Sinai province
A) 2014–2015 B) 2023–2024 C) 2004–2005 D) 2019–2020
A) 2018 B) 2020 C) 2015 D) 2022
A) 2020 B) 2015 C) 2022 D) 2018
A) Puntland B) Chad Basin C) Cabo Delgado D) Greater Sahara
A) Allied Democratic Forces B) Boko Haram C) Al-Shabaab (Somali) D) Al-Shabaab (Mozambican)
A) Unknown B) 2,000–3,000 C) 8,000–12,000 D) 1,500–2,000
A) 2022 B) 2018 C) 2020 D) 2015
A) Greater Sahara Province B) ISWAP-Sahel C) ISWAP-Greater Sahara D) IS-CAP Greater Sahara
A) Cabo Delgado B) Puntland C) Greater Sahara D) Chad Basin
A) 2,000–3,000 fighters B) 100-200 fighters C) 8,000–12,000 fighters D) 1,500–2,000 fighters
A) Chad Basin B) Congo Basin C) Niger Basin D) Zambezi Basin
A) Boko Haram B) Al-Shabaab C) Allied Democratic Forces D) Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
A) Turkey B) India C) Bangladesh D) Azerbaijan
A) Ansar Khalifa Philippines B) Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh C) Maute Group D) Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
A) IS-CP B) ISIS-K C) JMB D) Maute Group
A) Punjab B) Jammu and Kashmir C) North Caucasus D) Mindanao
A) Steven Hassan B) An unnamed Sunni theologian C) An Amnesty International representative D) Ban Ki-moon
A) Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen B) Al-Qaeda C) Da'ish D) Maute Group |