Islamic State provinces (wilayat)

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Islamic State administrative division militant organization branch

Islamic State provinces (wilayat) are regional branches of the Islamic State group that operate under its overarching ideology and strategic direction while conducting local governance and insurgent or terrorist activities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Islamic State local emirs (various)	1
Islamic State provinces	0

Statements (88)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic State administrative division ⓘ militant organization branch ⓘ
aimsTo	expand Islamic State caliphate ⓘ impose Islamic State interpretation of sharia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	IS provinces NERFINISHED ⓘ ISIL provinces NERFINISHED ⓘ ISIS provinces ⓘ Islamic State wilayat NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnConceptFrom	Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
claimsAllegianceTo	Islamic State caliph NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinatedBy	Islamic State central media apparatus NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsIdeology	Salafi jihadism ⓘ global jihadism ⓘ
fundedBy	external donations ⓘ local taxation and extortion ⓘ smuggling and criminal activity ⓘ
geographicScope	Afghanistan and Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Caucasus region NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria and Lake Chad Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines and surrounding areas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinai Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Islamic State central shura NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasActivity	armed insurgency ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ implementation of Islamic State legal codes ⓘ propaganda dissemination ⓘ recruitment ⓘ shadow governance ⓘ taxation and extortion ⓘ terrorist attacks ⓘ training of fighters ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	designated terrorist entity by many states ⓘ networked transnational structure ⓘ non-state armed actor ⓘ use of asymmetric warfare ⓘ use of improvised explosive devices ⓘ use of online propaganda ⓘ use of suicide bombings ⓘ varying levels of control over territory ⓘ
hasNotableProvince	Islamic State – Barqa Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – Caucasus Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – Central Africa Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – East Asia Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – Fazzan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – Iraq Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – Khorasan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – Libya Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – Sahel Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – Sinai Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – Somalia Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – Tripoli Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – West Africa Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – Yemen Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – al-Sham (Syria) Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOrganizationalStructure	administrative departments ⓘ courts ⓘ media office ⓘ military units ⓘ religious police ⓘ security apparatus ⓘ shura council NERFINISHED ⓘ wali (provincial governor) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole	insurgent actor ⓘ local governance structure ⓘ regional branch of Islamic State ⓘ terrorist actor ⓘ
hasStatus	decentralized network of affiliates ⓘ varying degrees of operational autonomy ⓘ
partOf	Islamic State NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitsFrom	foreign fighters ⓘ local populations ⓘ
subordinateTo	Islamic State central leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ
targets	civilians ⓘ religious minorities ⓘ rival armed groups ⓘ state security forces ⓘ
timePeriod	established after 2013 expansion of Islamic State ⓘ
usesConcept	wilayah ⓘ
usesLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
usesMediaBranding	Islamic State logos and flags ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic State central leadership → influences → Islamic State provinces (wilayat) ⓘ

Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) → notableCommander → Islamic State provinces (wilayat) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic State local emirs (various)