Shaun KingVerified account

Umm yes they are? You're being intellectually dishonest by claiming their fundamental sect isn't an unrecognizable part of a larger group.

Aw shit, we have a muslim expert over here

When it comes to religious identity, where is the line drawn on who can define authoritatively what any particular religion is?

People can say "IS isn't Islamic" until they're blue in the face, that doesn't change the identity of IS supporters claiming to be Muslim...

Similarly, naysayers consistently bring the authenticity of @ShaunKing's blackness into question...

Do the claims that you aren't Black change your personal identity? Do people saying that you aren't are you somehow less Black to yourself?

If not, why should the same sort of claim strip IS militants from their personally Islamic identity?

If so, where is the authority to define these identity categories derived?

Just bc a particular exhibition of identity doesn't match some stereotypical notion of the identity, in this case Muslimness...

Doesn't make one less Muslim. It just shows that they have a different interpretation of their faith. Sorry Shaun, you don't get to decide.

Honest question: Who understands Islam better @ShaunKing or the leader of ISIS?

Catholic priest who rapes children in congregation not REALLY Catholic because raping children is a sin. C'mon, man. Flawed logic.

but people don't go around saying "all Catholic priests rape children"

Some do.. Not all people go around saying all muslims are terrorists ..

but many, many do, much more I can assure you than people call Catholic priests rapists

And to think their actions aren't carried out under preposterous religious beliefs is half of the reason it's got so bad. @SamHarrisOrg

Ever read the history of the Caucasian and his relationship with the Bible?