A Preliminary Study on the “Islamic State” Thought in Modern Islamism

Abstract: As a significant idea in the ideology of modern Islamism, the terminology of “Islamic State” has strict political meanings beyond its cultural meanings. The formation and development of the “Islamic State” thought are closely linked to the reality of the environment and situation changes in the Muslim world, which gives it the characteristics of stability and change. As an important political role in the Middle East, modern Islamist forces. ambition and efforts to establish an “Islamic State” has a major effect on regional and even global situations over a long period of time. Thus, understanding the “Islamic State” thought and its theoretical and realistic dilemmas will be an indispensable step to understand conditions in the Middle East.