THE Islamic State (IS) is intent on creating an Islamic caliphate and reports show they are becoming increasingly organised in the process.

In an effort to bolster the perceived legitimacy of their self-proclaimed caliphate, the group is handing out IS identification cards to those under their rule.

While the group has attempted to administer ID cards in the past, images have surfaced on Twitter this week showing new and more sophisticated versions.

A picture of an ID card with a three-dimensional chip and anti-counterfeiting hologram, is being distributed among people living in IS controlled territories throughout Iraq and Syria.

While the authenticity of the pictures has not been independently verified, the move does align with the militant group’s desire to become more like a nation state. In the past they have even announced they will begin disseminating their own currency.

Co-author of ISIS: The State of Terror J.M Berger, told Vice News that the terrorist organisation is constantly looking to strengthen its brand.

“There’s been a pretty consistent pattern of ISIS trying to really build out the appearance of functioning state. A lot of that involves trying to put its brand on everything and really show that it has the apparatus of a country,” he said.

@Seeking4Good243 Ukhti, where (or to whom) do u go to get the Dalwah ID card? Would love to get one. Jazak Allahu Khayran — Muhajirah in Sham (@muhajirahinsham) April 10, 2015

A week ago, an English-speaking Twitter user Muslimah4Life, who claims to live in Islamic State controlled territories, tweeted that her brother-in-law already received a card.

On April 11, a Twitter account called GreatISNation which has since been banned, posted that IS intended to start issuing identity cards to its nationals, with “three-dimensional electronic chip to prevent fraud.”

In the latter half of the 20th Century, the term “card carrying communists” entered the popular vernacular after US senator Joseph McCarthy raged against the United State’s Cold War rivals.

IS is understood to be America’s newest political threat but if these Twitter posts turn out to be genuine, the “card carrying” rhetoric might actually hold true.