The ideology of Daish and historical-sociological origins of inclination to it

This article scrutinizes the ideology of Daish and historical-sociological reasons of inclination to it. The research method is documental study and text analysis. So, the texts of eleven magazines of Daish’s online (DABIQ) are analyzed and have been tried to extract the ideology of Daish. Then, in the theoretical framework of millenarianism and by using basic concepts and ideology of Daish, the historical and sociological origins of inclination to this terroristic group are studied. Among basic concepts of ideology of Daish, are Hejira, Jihād, Da’wah, Islamic khilāfah (caliphate, succession), Bay’āt (allegiance), Shahādah (martyr), Imāmah and Akhar Alzaman (End of the World). By using these concepts, the commanders of Daish invite their followers to emigrate from their lands and attend in Jihād for establishment of the Islamic government. They describe and pretend a bright future for oppressed people of the world and by abusing their thirst to savior and millenarianism attract them to Daish. It should be noted thatDaish is along Islamic fundamentalism and Salafism.