Which of the following statements reflects ISIS's 2017 stance on their global aims?

Which of the following statements reflects ISIS's 2017 stance on their global aims?

• A. They remain committed to establishing a global caliphate
• B. They planned to dissolve the organization
• C. They would focus on economic investments only
• D. They sought peaceful coexistence

Answer: (A)

In 2017 the emphasis in ISIS’s messaging was that the project of a caliphate was global and ongoing, not limited to a single country or region. Even as territory slipped away, their leadership and propaganda continued to frame the goal as establishing and expanding a worldwide caliphate and calling for supporters to join in jihad across borders. That makes the statement reflecting their stance the commitment to a global caliphate. They did not signal dissolving the organization, nor did they shift to only economic investments, nor advocate peaceful coexistence; their creed centered on violent conquest and imposition of their rule.

In 2017 the emphasis in ISIS’s messaging was that the project of a caliphate was global and ongoing, not limited to a single country or region. Even as territory slipped away, their leadership and propaganda continued to frame the goal as establishing and expanding a worldwide caliphate and calling for supporters to join in jihad across borders. That makes the statement reflecting their stance the commitment to a global caliphate. They did not signal dissolving the organization, nor did they shift to only economic investments, nor advocate peaceful coexistence; their creed centered on violent conquest and imposition of their rule.