ScarabVenom
Active member
I believe that it's all about the oil/money/power. It doesn't have anything to do with actual "beliefs". They're using religion as a weapon, a tool to cause fear. This is why many people are against it. It's used as a weapon to destroy. What's really sad is watching people fall for this and begin to argue amongst themselves over beliefs. It only makes them (ISIS) stronger when they do this.
A country which has freedom of religion is a big threat to them because it's more powerful. Their leaders aren't going to tell them it's about oil, their beliefs are what make them feel entitled to do this. *as Brinktk stated before on another thread.
They use this freedom as a weapon by hiding behind religion as the reason for hate, and it's the quickest way to get a response because of the fear it causes.
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Honestly, a clear evidence of what you're saying is the fact that these ISIL folks were pretty much Al-Qaeda in Iraq before creating their own group and having conflicts with another similar group called Al-Nusra front. All these groups pretty much more or less share the same ideology yet, they fight each other. There's power vacuum in the region and they're pretty much fighting so the winner takes the spot. It has nothing to do with religion, religion is pretty much for recruitment purposes.