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view · edit Frequently asked questions Q1: Which name is best: ISIS, ISIL, Daesh, Islamic State or something else? A: This article's title is decided according to Wikipedia's article titles policy. The discussion that resulted in the current name Islamic State was held in August–September 2021. The decision followed WP:Commonname section of WP:Article titles. This question has been raised over 40 times on the talk page, without any proposal other than the September 2021 and August 2013 discussions resulting in a page move. Now archived, those discussions can be read here and searched here. Past names, both used and considered, have included: "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria", "Islamic State of Iraq and (al-)Sham", "Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria", "Islamic State", "The Islamic State", "Islamic State (Middle East)" and "Islamic State (Organisation)".

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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination. Discussions See Older discussions (below this list) for a list of twelve earlier requested moves and discussions. Archive 38#RfC: One year moratorium on move proposals Agreed 14 Aug – 19 Sep 2015 RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → ISIS, Not moved, 20 Oct – 27 Oct 2016, /Archive_39#Requested move 20 October 2016 RM Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State (''to-be-decided'' qualifier) Technical Close 4–23 July 2017, /Archive 40#Requested move 18 July 2017 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State. Moved. 30 August – 22 September 2021. Islamic State → Islamic State militant group. Not moved. 18 May – 26 May 2022. Islamic State → Islamic State (militant group). Not moved. 14 December 2024. /Archive 44#Requested move 14 December 2024. Older discussions Islamic State of Iraq and Syria → Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Moved, 13 August 2013, /Archive 1#Rename RM, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Not moved (but moved back to "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant"), 12 June 2014, /Archive 2#Requested Move RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → The Islamic State, No consensus, 29 June 2014, /Archive 3#Requested move 2 RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Procedurally closed, 31 July 2014, /Archive 3#Requested move RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State, Not moved, 8 August 2014, /Archive 5#Requested move 8 August 2014 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State (organization), Quick close, 20 August 2014, /Archive 5#Move Content discussion, References in the text: ISIS or ISIL?, ISIL chosen, 17 Sept – 26 Sept 2014, /Archive 10#References in the text: ISIS or ISIL? RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State, Not moved, 7 Sept – 30 Sept 2014, /Archive 10#Move request - 6 September 2014 RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State (Organisation), No consensus, 17 Sep – 3 Oct 2014, /Archive 11#Requested move 17 September 2014 RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State (islamist rebel group), No consensus, 9 Jan – 17 Jan 2015, /Archive 28#Requested move 9 January 2015 RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State, Not moved, 19 Apr – 20 Apr 2015, /Archive 34#Requested move 19 April 2015 RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State (IS), Not moved, 15 Jul – 29 Jul 2015, /Archive_37#Requested move 15 July 2015

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Ajnad Foundation was merged into this article. The discussion was closed on 19 July 2020 with a consensus to merge. The original page is now a redirect to this article. Its history now serves to provide attribution for the content in this article, and it must not be deleted as long as this article exists. Worldwide caliphateWorldwide caliphate was merged into this article on 8 September 2022. The discussion was closed on 8 September 2022 with a consensus to merge. The original page is now a redirect to this article. Its history now serves to provide attribution for the content in this article, and it must not be deleted as long as this article exists. The content of Khilafah.is was merged into ISIL#Propaganda and social media on 29 November 2015. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page. Islamic State received a peer review by Wikipedia editors, which is now archived. It may contain ideas you can use to improve this article. A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on April 8, 2015, April 8, 2017, and April 8, 2020. This article has been viewed enough times in a single year to make it into the Top 50 Report annual list. This happened in 2014 and 2015. This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the Top 25 Report 24 times. The weeks in which this happened: August 3 to 9, 2014 (9th) August 10 to 16, 2014 (12th) August 17 to 23, 2014 (5th) August 24 to 30, 2014 (5th) August 31 to September 6, 2014 (3rd) September 7 to 13, 2014 (5th) September 14 to 20, 2014 (3rd) September 21 to 27, 2014 (2nd) September 28 to October 4, 2014 (12th) October 5 to 11, 2014 (12th) October 12 to 18, 2014 (12th) October 19 to 25, 2014 (24th) February 1 to 7, 2015 (14th) February 8 to 14, 2015 (20th) February 15 to 21, 2015 (11th) February 22 to 28, 2015 (15th) March 1 to 7, 2015 (18th) March 8 to 14, 2015 (17th) June 28 to July 4, 2015 (22nd) November 8 to 14, 2015 (6th) November 15 to 21, 2015 (2nd) November 22 to 28, 2015 (10th) November 29 to December 5, 2015 (20th) December 6 to 12, 2015 (13th) This article has been mentioned by a media organization: "ISIS not the Islamic state it fiercely claims to be". Olean Times Herald. March 18, 2015. I approach Wikipedia cautiously as to whether its abundant information on a multitude of subjects is complete and authoritative. But I salute the site for its numerous citations concerning the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS — specifically the "criticism of the name 'Islamic State' and 'caliphate' declaration" (found under its entry for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Section sizes Section size for Islamic State (45 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 10,554 10,554 454 454 Name 12,201 12,201 532 532 Purpose and strategy 27 42,697 0 1,941 Ideology 25,896 25,896 1,067 1,067 Islamic eschatology 1,732 1,732 55 55 Goals 7,269 7,269 292 292 Strategy 7,773 7,773 527 527 Organisation 2,881 55,511 60 2,495 Leadership and governance 22,292 22,292 1,055 1,055 Civilians in Islamic State-controlled areas 3,389 3,389 130 130 Military 101 11,114 0 434 Number of combatants 4,595 4,595 142 142 Conventional weapons 2,114 2,114 105 105 Non-conventional weapons 4,304 4,304 187 187 Women 3,682 3,682 240 240 Communications 69 69 0 0 Finances 7,791 12,084 406 576 Monetary system 2,521 2,521 55 55 Education 1,772 1,772 115 115 Origins 6,514 6,514 214 214 Territorial control and claims 11,767 11,767 302 302 IS affiliates 20 9,397 0 0 In Africa 4,170 4,170 0 0 In Asia 4,286 4,286 0 0 In Europe 921 921 0 0 International reaction 124 65,044 0 2,926 International criticism 2,289 2,289 160 160 Islamic criticism 536 32,422 31 1,931 Religious leaders and organisations 21,431 21,431 1,162 1,162 Other jihadist groups 10,455 10,455 738 738 Other commentaries 2,724 30,209 323 835 Designation as a terrorist organisation 23,938 23,938 358 358 Militia, cult, territorial authority, and other classifications 3,547 3,547 154 154 Supporters 6,692 6,692 368 368 Countries and groups at war with IS 669 29,680 72 696 Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 6,468 29,011 344 624 Other state opponents not part of the Counter-ISIL Coalition 5,767 5,767 131 131 Other non-state opponents 11,766 11,766 0 0 Al-Qaeda 5,010 5,010 149 149 Human rights abuse and war crime findings 4,266 4,266 217 217 Explanatory notes 38 38 0 0 References 30 30 0 0 General and cited references 2,761 2,761 0 0 Further reading 333 333 0 0 External links 6,059 6,059 0 0 Total 263,544 263,544 10,145 10,145

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In the section "The group has perpetrated terrorist massacres in territories outside of its control, such as the November 2015 Paris attacks, the 2024 Kerman bombings in Iran, the 2024 Crocus City Hall attack in Russia, the Hanukkah massacre of Jews on Bondi beach in Australia and the knifing of Jews outside a British synagogue on Yom Kippur" on the introductory page, "the Hanukkah massacre of Jews on Bondi beach in Australia and the knifing of Jews outside a British synagogue on Yom Kippur" should be changed to "the 2025 Bondi Beach shooting and the 2025 Manchester synagogue attack", assuming that these two are the attacks being referred to here. Pineways (talk) 08:41, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Thank you! Lova Falk (talk) 10:44, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I think that this should be taken, this should not be allowed here, why are people even creating this, and also please remove the photos of the isis flag, ~2026-10384-70 (talk) 13:36, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done This subject is worth an encyclopedic article. Lova Falk (talk) 07:55, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done WP:CENSOR UltraCobson (talk) 17:18, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Shahada is ultimately the “slogan” for all muslims, not limited to ISIS. I believe something should be done about this, since I believe this might lead to misunderstandings in some interactions between non-muslim and muslim people. Obviously, if this harms the article. Zhan Taufik (talk) 14:19, 4 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Change the ideology from Islamic Statism to Daeshism

"Islamic Statism" is problematic since be misinterpreted as an Islamic variant of Statism or as advocating for the concept of a form of government based on sharia law. Also, "Daeshism" already used by multiple sources^[1][2][3]. ManU9827 (talk) 06:32, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The first and second links to sources you posted are not working. Could you please provide the correct links? Day Creature (talk) 15:33, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I took them from the Ideology of the Islamic State page, The second source is deprecated, so ignore it, and the first may only be accessible from Iranian IPs? In any case the term "Islamic Statism" is problematic for the reasons mentioned before and since there are no sources which use it (suggesting its a neologism that originates from the ideology page). ManU9827 (talk) 17:13, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: You can make this change yourself at Template:Islamic State infobox. Day Creature (talk) 18:03, 26 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

In regards to the following section:

The group has perpetrated terrorist massacres in territories outside of its control, such as the November 2015 Paris attacks, the 2024 Kerman bombings in Iran, the 2024 Crocus City Hall attack in Russia, the 2025 Bondi Beach shooting in Australia and 2025 Manchester synagogue attack on Yom Kippur.

I believe this is incorrect and misleading. While the Paris, Kerman and Crocus City Hall attacks are obviously ISIS perpetrated, there is currently nothing indicating the Bondi beach shooting and Manchester attack were “perpetrated” by ISIS themselves. In fact, in the source used for the sentence the title quite literally says “inspired” referring to the Bondi attack. While both attacks were obviously inspired, these two attacks should be removed or replaced. Aussienerddawg (talk) 05:26, 25 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Good point, thank you, I read the source and changed the text. Lova Falk (talk) 16:37, 4 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On second thought, I deleted it - the lead is big enough as it is. Lova Falk (talk) 16:44, 4 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]