Proper noun
A Salafist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state.
The unrecognized state (caliphate) proclaimed by this group.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSo we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it! Abu Bakar Bashir
Islamic state means a state based on justice and democracy and structured upon Islamic rules and laws. Ruhollah Khomeini
Some Muslim scholars argue that the concept of Democracy is not compatible with the concept of an Islamic state. But of course it is and the Quran outlines the essence of Democracy. Muhammad Asad
Islamic State (IS) is a perversion of the religion of Islam - a poisonous death cult that poses an existential threat. David Cameron
Their [Conservative Muslims'] insistence that a modem Islamic state would have to be an exact replica of the "historic precedents" of our past is apt to bring the very idea of the Islamic state into discredit and ridicule. Muhammad Asad
...Do not think the war that we are waging is the Islamic State's war alone. Rather, it is the Muslims' war altogether. It is the war of every Muslim in every place, and the Islamic State is merely the spearhead in this war. It is but the war of the people of faith against the people of disbelief... Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi