Now the IS bay'a storm seems to be over we can compare the Bay'a campaign of 2019 with that of 2022. 1. In 2019 The Islamic State published pledges of allegiance from 15 countries vs. 13 in 2022 2. In 2019; significantly more pledges from Iraq and Syria, now Africa leads 1/
4. Gone since 2019: Bangladesh, Tunisia, Tajikistan, Indonesia, Azerbaijan 5. New since 2022: Sahel, India and Central-Africa (Congo & Mozambique) 6. Most surprising: no more Bay'a from Tunisia. Bangladesh, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan had small cells, so no surprise they're gone 3/
All feedback welcome. It’s just a vague idea for now but I think it would be worth the time looking into this
this for example is a rather simplistic attempt to compare The Islamic State with the Nizari-Isma'ili (aka the Assassins) atheistpapers.com/2015/08/06/sic…