2014 Event U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigns; the resignation may be due to disagreements over current U.S. strategy concerning Islamic State militants and the conflict in Syria 2014 Event Representatives for the Islamic State announce that the group will begin minting its own currency in order to remove itself from the world financial system, which it considers 'satanic' 2014 Event The Turkish government has reversed its stance and is now allowing Kurds to cross into Syria in order to fight Islamic State forces 2014 Event United Nation member states agree to a resolution aiming to prevent their citizens from joining or supporting militant groups, particularly the Islamic State, in Iraq and Syria 2014 Event 49 hostages of the Islamic State are freed and returned to Turkey after an operation enacted by the Turkish government after the June kidnapping in Mosul, Iraq; Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not give information regarding its actions 2014 Event President Barack Obama announces that the U.S. will increase its support for forces fighting the advances of the Islamic State militant group; air power, military training and other aid will be provided, but U.S. troops will not be sent to battle 2014 Event Iraqi troops and Shiite militia members, aided by U.S. air strikes, free the town of Amerli from Islamic State control; the rebel group seized the town two months ago, blocking access to food and supplies; rations were air-dropped after the victory 2014 Event U.S. officials have validated claims by the Islamic State (IS) that journalist James Foley, held in captivity for two years, has been killed; President Obama vows to continue airstrikes in Iraq against IS militants 2014 Event Kurdish peshmerga fighters are able to recapture part of the Mosul Dam after U.S. airstrikes push back Islamic State militants 2014 Event The European Union will assist Iraq in fighting Islamic State militants; European nations and the Union are sending arms in addition to humanitarian aid 2014 Event U.S. air strikes, in combination with Kurdish forces, pushed back an assault by Islamic State militants upon Yazidi minorities trapped on Mt. Sinjar in Iraq; the action allowed thousands to escape 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama will allow the Pentagon to perform a limited number of air strikes in Iraq to thwart the advance of the Islamic State 2014 Event The Islamic State captures the Iraqi town of Sinjar, home to the country's Yazidi religious minority population; residents fled in advance of the extremists, who have demanded that non-Muslim residents convert to Islam or face death 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama authorizes air strikes against Islamic State militants for situations in which the forces appear to threaten U.S. personnel; food drops were also carried out along the Syrian border to civilians trapped by the violence 2014 Event Russia supplies Iraq with military aircraft to help the government fight insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq; the U.S. has readied military assistance, but it has not yet been delivered 2013 Event Prosecutors for Boston Marathon bomber and Islamic terrorist Dzhokar Tsarnaev discuss a plea deal to avoid the death penalty in exchange for life in prison without parole 2012 Event A new wing dedicated to Islamic art is opened at the Musee du Louvre in Paris, France; the area contains 3,000 from the seventh to the 19th century 2011 Event Two suspected Al-Quaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb members are arrested in Tunisia for carrying bombs and explosives near the city of Ramada 2011 Event Militant Islamic group Al-Quaeda confirms Osama bin Laden's death and threatens revenge 2011 Event In Malaysia, Islamic morality police arrest more than 80 muslims to prevent them from celebrating Valentine's Day 2011 Event Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, commented that the 2011 Egyptian protests and Tunisian uprising are a result of 'Islamic awareness' 2010 Event Thirty Kurds are killed when the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution crosses the border into Iraq 2010 Event Maylasia's Islamic morality police capture 52 unmarried couples in hotel rooms, charging them with sexual misconduct and possible imprisonment 2006 Event Ethiopian troops eject the Islamic forces from Mogadishu, Somalia 2006 Event Pope Benedict XVI quotes a criticism of the Islamic faith leading to mass protests 2006 Event Union of Islamic Courts takes over Mogadishu, Somalia 2006 Event 17 Islamic men are arrested in a plot to bomb targets in Toronto 1996 Death Kalim Siddiqui, islamic campaigner, dies at 62 1995 Death Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar, dies at 85 1994 Event Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran, 70 killed 1992 Event 28 killed in truck bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Islamic Jihad 1992 Event Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round 1989 Event Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists 1981 Event Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed 1981 Death Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, Iran Islamic Rep Party founder, bombed 1979 Event Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah 1974 Event Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran 1974 Event Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic" 1956 Event Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) 1956 Event Islamic Republic forms in Pakistan 1953 Event Pakistan becomes islamic republic 1953 Event Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia 1947 Event India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan 1933 Birthday Kalim Siddiqui, islamic campaigner 1910 Birthday Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar 1030 Death Mohammud van Ghazna, Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies 994 Birthday Muhammad ibn Hazm, historian/jurist/author of Islamic Spain 923 Death Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83 820 Death Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies 641 Event Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria 638 Event Start of Islamic calendar 622 Event Origin of Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 AH) 570 Birthday Mohammed, Islamic prophet, Koran
