The State

TV Mini Series
2017–

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A look at the lives of four British citizens who join ISIS in Syria.A look at the lives of four British citizens who join ISIS in Syria.A look at the lives of four British citizens who join ISIS in Syria.

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7.1/10

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 8 nominations total

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Throughout the series, scenes in which child actors appear use CGI techniques to insert the gruesome details of the scene in order to shield the child actors.

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The premise is simple so I will skip that. The Muslim Jihad is a call to arms for all Muslims regardless of one's life in the false world. Those who have been called are fed propaganda by the previous waves of fighters who answered the call to jihad.

We learn that each person truly wants and believes in their faith. They each want to believe in the struggle and participate in their own way. We also learn that the Mujahadeen or soldiers know this is a losing battle. For them it is a path to shaheed or martyrdom. This is the ultimate gift from God.

But what each person thought they were seeking in their faith or even their own personal lives cannot be had in the caliphe or Islamic State. Each person has a different challenge that defies the teachings of the hadith or prophet.

They each learn that it isn't the lies but the truth that scares them.