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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
There is an interpretation or ideology that ISIS follows that is outright rejected and physically fought against by Muslims. ISIS does not represent the religion or the majority of the followers.
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Only idiots think it represents the majority. But religions are more than just what the majority of their followers believe. Does the fact most American Christians disapprove of making threats against abortion clinics mean that the people who carry out those threats aren't Christians, and their hatred of abortion, has nothing to do with Christianity?
It's been posted here before, but I highly recommend anyone who hasn't done so already to read this article in the Atlantic:
What ISIS Really Wants
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Virtually every major decision and law promulgated by the Islamic State adheres to what it calls, in its press and pronouncements, and on its billboards, license plates, stationery, and coins, “the Prophetic methodology,” which means following the prophecy and example of Muhammad, in punctilious detail. Muslims can reject the Islamic State; nearly all do. But pretending that it isn’t actually a religious, millenarian group, with theology that must be understood to be combatted, has already led the United States to underestimate it and back foolish schemes to counter it. We’ll need to get acquainted with the Islamic State’s intellectual genealogy if we are to react in a way that will not strengthen it, but instead help it self-immolate in its own excessive zeal...
Centuries have passed since the wars of religion ceased in Europe, and since men stopped dying in large numbers because of arcane theological disputes. Hence, perhaps, the incredulity and denial with which Westerners have greeted news of the theology and practices of the Islamic State. Many refuse to believe that this group is as devout as it claims to be, or as backward-looking or apocalyptic as its actions and statements suggest...
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