The Islamic State is an organisation that has spread through Iraq and Syria, bringing with it an enforced system of militant Islam.
What is the Islamic State and who makes up its ranks?
Researcher at the Afro-Middle East Centre, Omar Shaukat speaks to us about the organisation and tells us everything we need to know.
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