ISIS establishes Islamic ‘Caliphate’ across Iraq and Syria

ISIS establishes Islamic ‘Caliphate’ across Iraq and Syria
ISIS establishes Islamic ‘Caliphate’ across Iraq and Syria

ISIS establishes Islamic ‘Caliphate’ across Iraq and Syria

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Over the weekend ISIS set up an Islamic ‘Caliphate’ that stretches across Iraq and Syria. The group says its flags are now flying in the large territory. Today will be the first meeting of the Shiite Iraqi government that was elected at the end of April. Fatima Hindi, a Shi’a Iraqi Amercian and refugee advocate in Chicago and Haval Latif, a Kurdish Iraqi American ESL Teacher, join us to share their concerns about the growing conflict in Iraq. (photo: In this Sunday, June 29, 2014 photo, displaced Iraqi women hold pots and plates as they wait in line to receive food to break their fast during the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at an encampment for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, in the Khazer area outside Irbil, northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla))