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Działania ISIS wymierzone przeciwko światowemu dziedzictwu kulturowemu
ISIS activity against world cultural heritage

Author(s): Piotr Chlebowicz
Subject(s): Cultural history, Security and defense, Studies in violence and power, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: islamic terrorism; religious extremist terrorism; ISIS; world cultural heritage; vandalism; terrorism financing;

Summary/Abstract: The article presented the issue of vandalism concerned to the activity so called Islamic State. This group is a salafi jihadist organization. ISIS promotes religious violence and develop strategy to create a new Islamic caliphate. To achieve its goals ISIS use violence against others, including Muslim and people from western world. Destruction of world cultural heritage is a result ideology and tactics. Items taken from archeological sites are traded for weapons.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 43
  • Page Range: 23-34
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish