"ISIS has nothing to do with Islam".

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Re: “ISIS has nothing to do with Islam”.

@Jack_Sparrow

When the average Islamic State (ISIS) member is asked why he is fighting, he typically responds, “So that Sharia prevails and Islam’s banner stays high.”

Who Holds the Real Power in ISIS? - US News

Despite the debate over whether ISIS represents Islam and what “true Islam” is, Islamic movements, sects and scholars perceive IS as truly believing it is enforcing the rule of Allah according to the Quran and the Hadith under the guidance of the organization’s Sharia Council, probably the group’s most vital body. The council’s responsibilities include overseeing the speeches of the self-declared Caliph Ibrahim (Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) and those under him, dictating punishments, preaching, mediating, monitoring the group’s media, ideologically training new recruits and advising the caliph on how to deal with hostages when it is decided to execute them.

Peace Jack Sparrow

You are right that is what the average ISIS member will say … And you are right it is hard to base whose version of Islam is true on say so … The only true versions that should be considered orthodox and true are those that are supported by scholars who have the license to deem a given activity allowed or impermissible … A good intention alone cannot be the means to ascertain truth of authenticity of a faith system … What needs to be established is which understandings are taking in to account the widest traditions and fuller context.

What is problematic in your argument is that you are asking to not only entertain a gross minority i.e. Less than 0.01% of the Muslims as legitimate but also asking us to place the common average ISIS member’s sincerity as a qualifier for the truth of the faith over the true license given to the scholars of the Muslim world by their teachers.