Islamic State Wilayat Khorasan, Phoney Caliphate or Bona Fide Province?


AISS launched its recent research paper titled “Islamic State Wilayat Khorasan: Phony Caliphate or Bona Fide Province?”. The research, therefore, specifically sets out to determine the extent to which Islamic State Wilayat Khorasan is a genuine wilayat of the Islamic State, or a simple ‘change of flag’ (a change of flag being a rebranding of the organization without adhering to ISIS’s methods and ideology)?