"The Islamic caliphate can’t be restored by force. Occupying a country and killing half of its population... this is not an Islamic state, this is terrorism."
— Islamic State

January 1, 1970

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Organizations and people designated as terroristIslamic fundamentalist groupsFormer unrecognized countries
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Sources

Abbas Shuman, as quoted in "Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi addresses Muslims in Mosul", The Telegraph (5 July, 2014)