ISIS’s Jihad Against WiFi

Caliphate Unplugged

Surprisingly, the terror army has only just decided to ban Internet access for most residents of Raqqa—but still, many are furious about it.

Contributing Editor

Published Jul. 21 2015 1:00AM EDT

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Like all totalitarian movements, ISIS demands not only absolute obedience but captive minds. Everyone must be made complicit in the Big Lie, and there is no truth other than that which has been decreed by the clerics of the caliphate.

Michael Weiss

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ISIS’s Jihad Against WiFi

Surprisingly, the terror army has only just decided to ban Internet access for most residents of Raqqa—but still, many are furious about it.

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Michael Weiss