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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
So, if we are willing to have a discussion on this, on what basis do you say that?
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In essence IS subjects of the caliphate do not make a pledge to Allah. Instead they make a pledge of allegiance to
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
As the leader of the IS he has defined it as a political movement for personal political goals. Instead of a religious one where religion trumps political.
https://www.newstatesman.com/world-a...-islamic-state
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content...amic-State.pdf
The above is a longer
treatise on the subject.