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15. Other thing ISIS has codified is procedure thru which adherents claim attacks in their name. Rule is shooter needs 2pledge allegiance
17. People are used to looking at this through a binary lens: Was it ordered/organized by ISIS (if so = very bad)? Or was it a "Lone Wolf"?
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19. I feel somewhat uncomfortable calling a shooter like Mateen a Lone Wolf since it implies he acted in a vacuum. We know that's not true
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20. We know Mateen had some contact with the 1st US suicide bomber, who blew himself up for Nusra Front, a group that was once part of ISIS
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22. You have 2be pretty deep in ISIS' ideology to understand the importance of pledging bay'ah (allegiance) & how it must precede attack
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@rcallimachi Not really.Many jihadists have no Islamic knowledge like Brits who pledged 2#ISIS in '14 after buying Koran 4 Dummies#Orlando - View other replies
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@Abihabib This is not a Q of understanding Islamic knowledge. Of which many have little. It's a Q of being initiated into the lingo. A code - View other replies
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@rcallimachi that "code" is available for all, splayed across internet - no secret. Doesnt mean they have sophisticated knowledge of ISIS -
@Abihabib You're right it is, but you'll be surprised how few people in US know about it. Inc reporters in America covering this subject - View other replies
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@rcallimachi sure but success of ISIS is that it's like McDonalds of Jihad - made it accessible to all. Hence words like "bayah" well known - Show more
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@rcallimachi Exactly, for US media & body politic, 1st problem - ISIS, next - mental illness, off the radar - spraying cannon ban -
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