ISIS, ISIL, or Islamic State is a small self proclaimed Islamic caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, claiming it has authority over all Islamic peoples across the globe and calling them to pledge their allegiance to the caliphate. In present day it has direct authority and occupation over a small amount of land with about 10 million people and is still attempting to expand throughout the middle east. It is viewed generally in a negative light across the globe and is responsible for the deaths of many innocent people and the destruction of many historic and cultural sites across Iraq and Syria. It has operatives in many countries across the world and an army of nearly 100,000 direct fighters, and claims to be recruiting aroud 7,000 new fighters from across the world each month, slightly fa