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ISIS Rhetoric for the Creation of the Ummah

ISIS Rhetoric for the Creation of the Ummah

Amaryllis Maria Georges
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522500810|ISBN10: 1522500812|EISBN13: 9781522500827
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0081-0.ch010
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Georges, Amaryllis Maria. "ISIS Rhetoric for the Creation of the Ummah." Political Discourse in Emergent, Fragile, and Failed Democracies, edited by Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo, et al., IGI Global, 2016, pp. 178-198. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0081-0.ch010

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Georges, A. M. (2016). ISIS Rhetoric for the Creation of the Ummah. In D. Orwenjo, O. Oketch, & A. Tunde (Eds.), Political Discourse in Emergent, Fragile, and Failed Democracies (pp. 178-198). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0081-0.ch010

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Georges, Amaryllis Maria. "ISIS Rhetoric for the Creation of the Ummah." In Political Discourse in Emergent, Fragile, and Failed Democracies, edited by Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo, Omondi Oketch, and Asiru Hameed Tunde, 178-198. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0081-0.ch010

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Abstract

I intend to examine the linguistic strategy used by ISIS as a means through which it creates the concept of the Muslim Ummah, which seeks to emphasize the unity of an international Muslim community based off the power of Islam. I apply a Critical Discourse Analysis for the study of Baghdadi's sermon on 4 July 2014 where he declared the establishment of the Caliphate and himself as the Caliph. Baghdadi's discourse creates a new communal identity from a Muslim populace who may have felt marginalized due to their religion in their countries of residence. It is through this discourse that he structures the Ummah loyal to the Caliphate in two ways: a) by summoning Islam to create a singular global Muslim body and the establishment of a Caliphate; and b) the structuring of an indiscriminate opponent, one that conflicts with the “camp of Islam”. The method of convincing and generating consent – of institutionalizing jihad - goes beyond propaganda; it necessitates the formation of an entirely novel lexicon, a narrative that fosters support while concurrently quashing any singular qualms.

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