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Davoud Feirahi argues that ISIS prioritizes territorial expansion, and to sustain it, they define the concept of the 'heart-emirate' so that every individual becomes a representative of the caliph. By harking back to the Abbasid era, before the Westphalian system, the ISIS caliphate holds a historical allure.
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