Isis: The Origins of Violence (2017)
• May 17th, 2017 • 1h 12min
Documentary
Overview
Historian Tom Holland traces the origins of Isis’ barbaric and sadistic violence which it claims is justified by the tenets and scriptures of Islam.
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