So Daesh isn't Islamic . . .
. . . and that they can so easily and effectively manipulate Islam is in no way a weakness in the religion? It is a religion that expanded by violent conquest and "conversion by the sword", with techniques not so sophisticated as those by Daesh, but in the same category. It is so easy to preach romantic notions of Jihad.
News articles often feature guys who declare Daesh is wrong and making excuses, but there is no real structure of authority in Islam. It's many individual "schollars", with authority over their own followers, and little farther. The next schollar down the road has a different interpretation of the Koran, different ideas, perhaps different ambitions, and a different batch of followers. If one becomes too disruptive to another, it's nothing a little assassination can't fix. "Here's your bomb. 71 virgins await you!"
And yes, there's that continuous state of violence between Sunni and Shiite, which Daesh plans to encourage and exploit.
News articles often feature guys who declare Daesh is wrong and making excuses, but there is no real structure of authority in Islam. It's many individual "schollars", with authority over their own followers, and little farther. The next schollar down the road has a different interpretation of the Koran, different ideas, perhaps different ambitions, and a different batch of followers. If one becomes too disruptive to another, it's nothing a little assassination can't fix. "Here's your bomb. 71 virgins await you!"
And yes, there's that continuous state of violence between Sunni and Shiite, which Daesh plans to encourage and exploit.