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ISIS was started in 2004.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/12/middleeast/here-is-how-isis-began/index.html

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The first leader of ISIS was Abu Ayyub al-Masri. The current leader is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/12/middleeast/here-is-how-isis-began/index.html

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They're located in Iraq and Syria.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2014/09/world/isis-explained/

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The group claims to be avenging wrongs made by Christians and Jews to Muslims over the ages. It wishes to push non-Muslims for Saudi Arabia- home of many Muslim holy sites. Al-Qaeda also wishes to replace all secular states with a single Islamic leadership.

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There is roughly tens to hundreds of thousands of members in al-Qaeda, but no exact numbers have been reported.

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It is estimated that there are about 800,000+ members of ISIS

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Inscribed on the flag is the Muslim Shahada. It reads:
"Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha illallah

“I bear witness that there is no god except Allah”

Wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan rasulullah

“And I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.”

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How much of a threat is ISIS to the United States?

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How much of a threat is ISIS to the United States?

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ISIS is definitely a huge threat to the US. There have been terrorist attacks that ISIS have claimed they've done to the US. There have also been people who have killed in the name of ISIS. They also have taken many US citizens and executed them in their very public videos. ISIS is 100% the biggest threat to the US.

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The roots of ISIS originated from Al-Qaeda. When al-Baghdadi became the new leader of ISIS after al-Masri was killed in a US-Iraqi operation, ISIS began fighting against Syria forces and took over. They soon began attacking everyone (including those in the Area and citizens of the US).

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/12/middleeast/here-is-how-isis-began/index.html

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al-Qaeda- or "The Base" is Arabic- began as a network to support Muslims fighting against the Soviet Union during the Afghan War. When the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989, the organization dispersed but continued to oppose what its leaders considered corrupt Islamic regimes and foreign presence in Islamic lands- like the US in Iraq. It was based in Sudan for a short period in the early 1990s, the group eventually reestablished its headquarters in Afghanistan under the Taliban militia. It has merged with many other terrorist groups, like Egypt's Jihad, and has declared "holy war" on the US multiple times.

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Their ideology is to create the earliest days of Islam. They want to have war and be violent. They also want to restore caliphate, which is a state under the leadership of an Islamic steward. They want to be the overall leader of the entire Muslim community.

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A study by the Institute for the Study of War and the Critical Threats project found that ISIS and al-Qaeda are one of the greatest threat to the security and values of American citizens. because they "pose an existential threat by accelerating the collapse of world order, provoking domestic and global trends that endanger American values and way of life, and plan direct attacks against the U.S. and its partners."

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/al-Qaeda
http://www.understandingwar.org/report/al-qaeda-and-isis-existential-threats-us-and-europe
http://islamiclearningmaterials.com/shahada/

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al-Qaeda was formerly led by Osama bin Laden, and after his death, Ayman al-Zawahiri.