When it came to terrorism, the headlines were once dominated by Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Then suddenly it was all about Isis
When it came to terrorism, the headlines were once dominated by Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Then suddenly it was all about Isis.
Travelling through Europe and the Middle East, historian Tom Holland sets out to answer big questions about a group often also known, confusingly, as Isil, or Daesh.
Who are Isis, where did they come from and are their actions justified at all by Islam’s holy writ?