CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

A rough draft for partial fulfilment of project of Legal Research

AND Methodology
On
EVOLUTION OF ISIS

Submitted to:-Mr. Vijayant Sinha

Faculty of Legal Research Methodology
Submitted by:- Kartikay Trivedi
Roll no.1532
1st year B.A.L.L.B. (Hons.)
INTRODUCTION-
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria,Islamic State (IS), and by its Arabic language acronym Daesh is a Salafi jihadist militant
group that follows a fundamentalist, Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam. The group's adoption of
the name "Islamic State" and its idea of a caliphate have been widely criticised, with the United
Nations, various governments, and mainstream Muslim groups rejecting its statehood or
caliphhood.

The group first began referring to itself as the Islamic State or IS in June 2014, when it
proclaimed itself a worldwide caliphate, and named Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as its caliph. As a
caliphate, it claims religious, political and military authority over all Muslims worldwide.As of
December 2015, the group has control over vast landlocked territory in Iraq and Syria, with a
population estimate ranging between 2.8 million and 8 million people,where it enforces its
interpretation of sharia law. ISIL affiliates control small areas of Libya, Nigeria and Afghanistan
and operate in other parts of the world, including North Africa and South Asia.

ISIL gained prominence in early 2014 when it drove Iraqi government forces out of key cities in
its Western Iraq offensive,followed by its capture of Mosul and the Sinjar massacre. The
subsequent possibility of a collapse of the Iraqi state prompted a renewal of US military action in
the country. In Syria, the group has conducted ground attacks on both government forces and
rebel factions. In early 2015, the number of fighters that the group commands in Iraq and Syria
was estimated by the CIA at 31,000, with foreign fighters accounting for around two thirds,while
ISIL leaders claim that they command 40,000 fighters, the majority of them being Iraqi and
Syrian nationals.

The group has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United Nations, the European
Union and its member states, the United States, Russia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Turkey, Saudi
Arabia, Syria, Iran and other countries. Over 60 countries are directly or indirectly waging war
against ISIL. Adept at social media, ISIL is widely known for its videos of beheadings of both
soldiers and civilians, including journalists and aid workers, and its destruction of cultural
heritage sites. The United Nations holds ISIL responsible for human rights abuses and war
crimes, and Amnesty International has charged the group with ethnic cleansing on a "historic
scale" in northern Iraq. Around the world, Islamic religious leaders have overwhelmingly
condemned ISIL's ideology and actions, arguing that the group has strayed from the path of true
Islam and that its actions do not reflect the religion's real teachings or virtues.

The group originated as Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad in 1999, which pledged allegiance to al-
Qaeda and participated in the Iraqi insurgency following the March 2003 invasion of Iraq by
Western forces. Joining other Sunni insurgent groups to form the Mujahideen Shura Council, this
group proclaimed the formation of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) in October 2006. In August
2011, following the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, ISI, under the leadership of al-Baghdadi,
delegated a mission into Syria, which under the name Jabhat an-Nurah li-Ahli ash-Shm
established a large presence in Sunni-majority Al-Raqqah, Idlib, Deir ez-Zor, and Aleppo
provinces. The merger of ISI with al-Nusra Front to form the "Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant" (ISIL), as announced in April 2013 by al-Baghdadi, was however rejected by al-Nusra
leader al-Julani, and by al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri who subsequently cut all ties with ISIL, in
February 2014.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES-

The researcher will do the research-
1. To know how ISIS evolved.
2. To know what destruction has this group caused to mankind.
3. To know how the world is tackling with this terrorist organisation.

HYPOTHESIS-
The researcher believes that ISIS as a terrorist organisation has an adverse effect over the world.
It is really dangerous for mankind.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY-
The researcher will emphasize and use the doctrinal method to prepare the project.

SOURCES-

Primary Sources-

Blogs
Websites
Social Media

Secondary sources-
 Journals
Articles
Newspaper

TENTATIVE CHAPTERISATION-
1. Introduction
2. History
3. Goals and Stratergy
4. Funding
5. Areas affected by it
6. Human rights abuse and war crime findings
7. Steps taken to demolish
8. conclusion