Islamic State provinces (wilayat)

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Islamic State provinces (wilayat) are regional branches of the Islamic State group that operate under its overarching ideology and strategic direction while conducting local governance and insurgent or terrorist activities.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (88)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic State administrative division ⓘ
militant organization branch ⓘ
aimsTo expand Islamic State caliphate ⓘ
impose Islamic State interpretation of sharia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs IS provinces ⓘ
ISIL provinces ⓘ
ISIS provinces ⓘ
Islamic State wilayat ⓘ
basedOnConceptFrom Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
claimsAllegianceTo Islamic State caliph ⓘ
coordinatedBy Islamic State central media apparatus ⓘ
followsIdeology Salafi jihadism ⓘ
global jihadism ⓘ
fundedBy external donations ⓘ
local taxation and extortion ⓘ
smuggling and criminal activity ⓘ
geographicScope Afghanistan and Pakistan ⓘ
Caucasus region ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Nigeria and Lake Chad Basin ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Philippines and surrounding areas ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
governedBy Islamic State central shura ⓘ
hasActivity armed insurgency ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
implementation of Islamic State legal codes ⓘ
propaganda dissemination ⓘ
recruitment ⓘ
shadow governance ⓘ
taxation and extortion ⓘ
terrorist attacks ⓘ
training of fighters ⓘ
hasCharacteristic designated terrorist entity by many states ⓘ
networked transnational structure ⓘ
non-state armed actor ⓘ
use of asymmetric warfare ⓘ
use of improvised explosive devices ⓘ
use of online propaganda ⓘ
use of suicide bombings ⓘ
varying levels of control over territory ⓘ
hasNotableProvince Islamic State – Barqa Province ⓘ
Islamic State – Caucasus Province ⓘ
Islamic State – Central Africa Province ⓘ
Islamic State – East Asia Province ⓘ
Islamic State – Fazzan Province ⓘ
Islamic State – Iraq Province ⓘ
Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ
Islamic State – Libya Province ⓘ
Islamic State – Sahel Province ⓘ
Islamic State – Sinai Province ⓘ
Islamic State – Somalia Province ⓘ
Islamic State – Tripoli Province ⓘ
Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ
Islamic State – Yemen Province ⓘ
Islamic State – al-Sham (Syria) Province ⓘ
hasOrganizationalStructure administrative departments ⓘ
courts ⓘ
media office ⓘ
military units ⓘ
religious police ⓘ
security apparatus ⓘ
shura council ⓘ
linked to: Shura council

wali (provincial governor) ⓘ
hasRole insurgent actor ⓘ
local governance structure ⓘ
regional branch of Islamic State ⓘ
terrorist actor ⓘ
hasStatus decentralized network of affiliates ⓘ
varying degrees of operational autonomy ⓘ
partOf Islamic State ⓘ
recruitsFrom foreign fighters ⓘ
local populations ⓘ
subordinateTo Islamic State central leadership ⓘ
targets civilians ⓘ
religious minorities ⓘ
rival armed groups ⓘ
state security forces ⓘ
timePeriod established after 2013 expansion of Islamic State ⓘ
usesConcept wilayah ⓘ
usesLanguage Arabic ⓘ
usesMediaBranding Islamic State logos and flags ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic State central leadership → influences → Islamic State provinces (wilayat) ⓘ
Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) → notableCommander → Islamic State local emirs (various) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic State provinces (wilayat)
Ansar Bait al-Maqdis → partOf → Islamic State’s network of provinces after 2014 ⓘ
linked to: Islamic State provinces (wilayat)
Shura council → authorityOver → Islamic State provincial leadership (wilayat) in strategic matters ⓘ
linked to: Islamic State provinces (wilayat)
Islamic State provinces → alsoKnownAs → ISIL provinces ⓘ
linked to: Islamic State provinces (wilayat)