they've got some shibboleths for each other, such as slight variations in prayer styles, making them recite the shahadah, asking which mosque they go to, which tribe/clan they belong to, how many times a day they pray, asking them to name the imams etc. etc.
it ain't that easy, especially in a country in which sectarian divisions are that great.

This post was edited by Gastly on Aug 8 2014 12:42pm

No, they recanted, it's convert or die, and they aren't really accepting conversions because they're coveting Christian property.

These degenerates need to be bombed out of existence.

This post was edited by bogie160 on Aug 8 2014 01:14pm

Very interesting development, especially considering the US trained and armed ISIL/ISIS to begin with.

he authorized going after bin laden whom your previous president gave up on, drone strikes in general and recently airstrikes on this isis group and you believe he's indecisive?

This post was edited by duffman316 on Aug 8 2014 01:57pm

Naturally things on Facebook spread like wildfire, has anyone seen some of hear? The comments are exactly those you would here from Isis. Kill them all. Killall islamists, God is now bringing their punishment, etc. How embarrassing for Christians globally that these people are acting the same as Isis in that they want the other obliterated.

...you can't be serious

So now i see isis has taken hostage hundreds of iraqi women under the age of 35....Wow sounds like something hamas would do...The total destruction from today was 1 mortar destroyed and a 7 car convoy ? whoopty doo thats just going to make them run back tot he caves and hide again...I was really starting to doubt obama as a president here for a minute until i seen that he's finally going to step up and be a commander and chief....Better to be late then never id agree with

Glad you replied to the least important sentence in the comment

This post was edited by Vereor on Aug 8 2014 03:24pm

I hope your statement was a joke. My fairy tale vs. theirs is all I read.

Can we ask the question, did the Peshmerga withdraw from a fight they could have taken, for the sole tactical purpose of bringing the US forces within the line of fire, thereby forcing Washington's hand?
Everyone is mentioning how uncharacteristic the kurd's withdrawal was, and its always been the conventional wisdom that the kurds can hold their own. So was this retreat a politically charged gambit to bring on air strikes?



You really have no sense of the middle east for scale. Even Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip doesn't approach what ISIL wants, much less Hamas. They're both far left leaning compared to Iraq/Syrian rebels.
If anything, ISIS would execute Hamas members as apostates for defending democracy

This post was edited by Goomshill on Aug 8 2014 08:13pm