re: Inside the Islamic State

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No attempt at a trite dismissal, just an attempt to illustrate this is not a new concept in the region and has been used by both sides before.

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Really, I don't suppose you could point out where you stated that Muslims had done this before? You said this was "a play directly from the Crusaders playbook." There is no reference to any but current Muslim actions in that statement. You most definitely did not mention that the Crusaders borrowed the play from the Muslims.

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WTF are you even blabbering on about. Tie that shite together with facts and stop stringing all those iff's together.

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I understand that working from the present to the past is confusing for some. Maybe if I reversed the sequence you might better comprehend my argument. As for the facts, they were established in the preceding paragraph.


Muslims believe Muhammad was the prophet of Allah, and Muhammad received instructions from Allah. Those instructions were codified in the Quran which is the source of Islamic laws such as the jizya. ISIS are Muslims who use Islam as justification for their actions. Thus, when ISIS assesses the jizya they are following the teachings of Muhammad as codified in the Quran. ISIS imposes the jizya because they believe it is the will of Allah, not because they were inspired by the acts of the Crusaders centuries ago.