Islamic State

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), sometimes translated as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and unrecognized quasi-state. It is designated as a terrorist organisation by the United Nations and many countries around the world, including Muslim countries.