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State of Terror: ISIL's Caliphate Solves None of Region's Problems

© AP PhotoMilitants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) celebrate the group's declaration of an Islamic state, in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. file photo
Militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) celebrate the group's declaration of an Islamic state, in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. file photo - Sputnik International
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The type of state that the Islamic State group is proposing is impossible to implement and cannot resolve pressing regional issues, according to Russian Middle East expert Vasily Kuznetsov.

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It is pointless discussing the ISIL 'state structure model', or Caliphate, which cannot be realized and would anyway fail to solve the spate of regional challenges, RIA Novosti quoted Vasily Kuznetsov, head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Russian Institute of Oriental Studies, as saying on Tuesday.

"The model offered by ISIL cannot be put into practice, and this model does not call for resolving the problems of the region," Kuznetsov said.

Referring to the ISIL state structure model, he argued that freedom, which is traditionally seen in the Middle East as "freedom from oppression and unfair treatment by the authorities," will only happen as the Islamic State group expands.

© AP Photo / AP Photo via militant website, File19, 2014, file photo, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Islamic State group policemen standing guard in front of a police station in Nineveh province, Iraq
19, 2014, file photo, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Islamic State group policemen standing guard in front of a police station in Nineveh province, Iraq - Sputnik International
19, 2014, file photo, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Islamic State group policemen standing guard in front of a police station in Nineveh province, Iraq

"Namely, this is the period when the need for any state as such is absent," Kuznetsov explained.

He said that up to now, "everything has been replaced with jihad and general eschatological expectations," but that the possible end of a war may prompt the Islamic State structures to perform the same functions that the existing national state currently perform.

"And when they have to perform these functions, they will prove to be just as ineffective, because they have no tools to create communication between society and the authorities," Kuznetsov said.

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At the same time, he drew attention to the fact that many in the region perceive the Islamic State statehood as an authentic model, something that he said deserves consideration.

In the past three years, ISIL, which numbers up to 200,000 militants, has managed to seize large areas in Iraq and Syria; in addition, it is trying to spread its influence to North Africa, including Libya.

Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed and several million more displaced as a result of ISIL's violent regime of terror in the region.

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