Abstract
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), endorses religiously motivated, violent behaviour against those who do not agree to its world view and flawed understanding of Islam. The growing potential of ISIS military capability, financial resources, media and cyber warfare potential coupled with occupation of vast resource rich spaces in Syria and Iraq has propelled it on the world stage. “ISIS is now the thing al-Qaida never managed to become: a movement that inspires volunteers”1 . With a view to develop comprehensive understanding, there is a need to evaluate various dimensions of ISIS. The whole phenomenon of ISIS in the concluding part of the paper shall be viewed from a scholarly perspective of Constructivism to carve out a response.