ISIS jihadis ARE driven by Islam and the world needs to accept that

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  • Aaqil Ahmed defended BBC decision to refer to 'so-called Islamic State'
  • Told discussion it is untrue that 'ISIS has nothing to do with Islam'
  • Says although 'uncomfortable' members of the group 'are Muslims'
  • Critics including Prime Minister have called on BBC to stop using 'Islamic State' when referring to the terror group
  • See more Islamic State news updates at www.dailymail.co.uk/isis
The BBC's head of religion has said although it is 'uncomfortable' to accept, the ideology behind ISIS is based on Islamic doctrine. Aaqil Ahmed, the first Muslim to hold the post, said it was untrue to suggest that ISIS had nothing to do with Islam, despite the fact that the majority of Muslims do not agree with the extremist group. He was speaking at an event at Huddersfield University, when he was asked to explain the BBC's controversial policy on referring to the group as 'so-called Islamic State'.

Prime Minister David Cameron has been among those who have called for the corporation not to use the phrase when referring to the terror group operating in Iraq and Syria, saying Muslims would 'recoil' at the phrase being used to justify the 'perversion of a great religion'.

Mr Ahmed was asked at the event organised by Lapido, the centre for religious literacy in journalism, to defend the term by barrister Neil Addison on the grounds that he wouldn't have said 'so-called Huddersfield University'. According to a report by Lapido, he responded by saying: 'I hear so many people say ISIS has nothing to do with Islam – of course it has. 'They are not preaching Judaism. It might be wrong but what they are saying is an ideology based on some form of Islamic doctrine. They are Muslims.

'That is a fact and we have to get our head around some very uncomfortable things. That is where the difficulty comes in for many journalists because the vast majority of Muslims won't agree with them [ISIS].' Clarifying his comments, he told The Times that he had not been referring explicitly to the name of the group, but that 'it [was] a reflection of the complexity of how you describe them and the religious belief structure.'

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Aaqil Ahmed (pictured), The BBC's head of religion,
has said although it is 'uncomfortable' to accept, the
ideology behind ISIS is based on Islamic doctrine

 
'so-called Islamic State'.
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nothing "so called" in their operation.. the problem is they want a hard core salafi state.

They are Salafist jihadist. Much the same as al_qaeda, but with a greater desire for a caliphate NOW.
 
The ideology of ISIS contains a number of innovations that have never existed in Islam beforehand, and are responsible for most of its violence.
 
Book Purist said:
The ideology of ISIS contains a number of innovations that have never existed in Islam beforehand, and are responsible for most of its violence.
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It may have escaped your notice but the Muslim author of that article is Aaqil Ahmed, the BBC's head of religion, do you think he might have some claim to know what he's talking about? Maybe you should apply for a job?
 
salafi + jihad = salafi jihadism


A Persistent Threat
The Evolution of al Qa'ida and Other Salafi Jihadists
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4355/salafi-jihadists-threat (Rand)

As the title implies, the report focuses on the Salafi-jihadist movement, a particular strand of militant Sunni Islamism which emphasizes the importance of returning to a "pure" Islam: that of the Salaf (an Arabic term which means "ancestors" or "predecessors" and refers to the first three generations of Muslims, including Mohammed and his companions and followers).

Salafi-jihadist groups are actively seeking to establish an Islamic caliphate — a theocratic Muslim empire governed by Islamic sharia law — to bring about the unification of the entire Muslim world, and, according to their writings, ultimately the subjugation of the entire globe. These groups believe that violent jihad to achieve this objective is a personal religious duty for every Muslim.
 
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