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