Islamic state (disambiguation)

An Islamic state is a type of government based on Islamic religious law (sharia).

Islamic state may also refer to:

• Islamic State of Afghanistan, the official name of the country Afghanistan from 1992 to 2001
• Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), a Sunni jihadist group that aimed to establish an Islamic state in Iraq from 2006 to 2013
• Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or the Islamic State, or Daesh (based on its Arabic acronym), an outgrowth of ISI with a greater geographic scope
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Caucasus Province
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai Province
• Azawad, a territory in Mali, also known as the Islamic State of Azawad

See also

• Islamic republic
• Muslim world
• Caliphate