Question

ISIS stands for ___________.
a. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
b. Islamic State of Iraq and the Lebanon
c. Islamic State of Iraq and the Ludhiana
d. None of these

Answer 1

Hint: ISIS was founded by a Jordanian jihadist named Abu Musab-al-Zarqawi. It was founded in the year 1999.

Complete Step by Step Answer: ISIS is a militant Islamic group. It is classified as an unrecognized proto state or quasi state i.e. a political organization which does not represent a fully institutionalized or an autonomous sovereign state.
This organization originated when Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad in the year 1999 had promised loyalty to al-Qaeda. The group had also participated in the Iraqi insurgency which followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq by Western forces by the orders of the United States. In the year 2014, the group declared itself as a worldwide caliphate and referred itself as the Islamic State. Thus, it claimed religious, military and political authority over all the Muslims worldwide.
It is also known for its various videos of beheadings and other types of executions of both public and armies. Journalists, aid workers, etc have also not been spared. Destruction of various cultural heritage sites, human rights abuse, war crimes, genocide, etc. are some of the allegations made by the united Nations on ISIS.
Let us look at the options given:
a. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is the expanded form of ISIL also known as ISIS. The full form of ISIS is Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. It is a terrorist organization as called out by the United States. Thus, this is the correct option
b. Islamic State of Iraq and Lebanon does not stand for ISIS or ISIL. It is an incorrect answer.
c. Islamic State of Iraq and the Ludhiana also is not the full form of ISIL or the organization named Daesh. This is also a wrong answer.
d. None of these is also an incorrect option as we already have the right answer.
Hence, option ‘a’ is correct.

Note: ISIS follows a fundamentalist and Salafi jihadist doctrine of Sunni Islam. It is officially known as Islamic State (IS).