15 March 2016
12:00 Europe/Oslo
Event
Consortium Seminar: The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State
Consortium for Research on Terrorism and International Crime, in co-operation with Centre for Islamic and Middle East Studies (CIMS), University of Oslo, are pleased to invite you to a seminar with William McCants, who will present his new book "The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State".
Language: English
University of Oslo, Auditorium 5, Eilert Sundts hus, Blindern
Seminar
Will McCants will discuss the Islamic State's history, tactics, and goals, and the many ways in which it is more ruthless, more apocalyptic, and more devoted to state-building than any of its predecessors or current competitors.
The book is based almost entirely on primary sources in Arabic-including ancient religious texts and secret al-Qaida and Islamic State letters that few have seen-and explores how religious fervor, strategic calculation, and doomsday prophecy shaped the Islamic State's past and foreshadow its dark future.
For more information on William McCants
McCants's recently-published book, The ISIS Apocalypse, is based almost entirely on primary sources in Arabic-including ancient religious texts and secret al-Qaida and Islamic State letters that few have seen-and explores how religious fervor, strategic calculation, and doomsday prophecy shaped the Islamic State's past and foreshadow its dark future.
Sign-up to birgitab@student.ikos.uio within 15 March, 12:00.
Main speakers
William McCants
Senior Fellow, Center for Middle East Policy and director of the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World
15 March 2016
12:00 Europe/Oslo
Language: English
University of Oslo, Auditorium 5, Eilert Sundts hus, Blindern
Seminar