Clear Quote by Barack Obama

Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims…

— Barack Obama

Yes, ISIL is a terror-based insurgent army that seeks to establish a Caliphate, but the group's actual end goal is far from political: ISIL…

— Malcolm Nance

ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple, and it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.

— Barack Obama

ISIS is not Islam. No, I'm not saying that. The government says that. The left, the media says it. ISIS is not Islam. You've…

— Rush Limbaugh

Referring to ISIL as a destructive religious cult rather than a legitimate theo-political 'radical Islamic' group is not just more accurate, it also exposes…

— Malcolm Nance

ISIL is not 'radical Islam.' Hamas, Hezbollah, Fatah, the Muslim Brotherhood - these are radical Islamic groups. They resort to armed struggle and terrorism…

— Malcolm Nance

The less the ISIS 'caliphate' exists as a physical entity, the less the group can claim it is the 'Islamic State' that it purports…

— Peter Bergen

ISIS is a terrorist entity whose barbarities have been condemned by all those who value our common humanity. In the current political climate, when…

— Jonathan Sacks

ISIS is attempting to rebrand Islam as an ideology that justifies violence and brutality. It rejects the kind of global order our nation has…

— Will Hurd

ISIL is a terrorist army like we have never seen - they cannot be ignored.

— Chris Murphy

Islamic state means a state based on justice and democracy and structured upon Islamic rules and laws.

— Ruhollah Khomeini

Islamic State is mainly a direct result of the failure in Syria. That's where IS has grown. That's where IS spread from.

— Paul Wolfowitz