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full form of isil.please tell slowly type like a snail

Answer 1

it's Islamic state of iraq and levant

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What Does ISIS Mean? Some Of The Terrorist Group's Names Are More Controversial Than Others

ByKYLIE CHEUNG

Nov 23 2015

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The name ISIS is well known by itself — now more than ever, as the group claims responsibility for the series of terror attacks in Paris last Friday. But what does ISIS' name actually stand for? It's simply an abbreviation for "Islamic State in Iraq and Syria," but there's some confusion, since the extremist group often uses many other names, including the Islamic State, Daesh, and ISIL, all of which have given rise to some controversy.

Many world leaders avoid referring to ISIS and its holdings as the Islamic State, because the name has been construed as an attempt to brand the organization as a legitimate state, erasing physical boundaries in the Middle East and forcing people to recognize Iraq and Syria as one. "There is no Iraq and Syria, no Egypt or any other country that we know. They want it all to be one undifferentiated Islamic state," David Pollock of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy told Religion News. Similarly, the "L" at the end of ISIL stands for "Levant," which represents the entire region east of the Mediterranean, from Egypt to Turkey. The U.S. government often uses ISIL, which shows an understanding of the caliphate's overarching goal to expand beyond Iraq and Syria.