Claim Quote by Peter Bergen

A group simply announcing a caliphate, is not enough to establish a caliphate,

— Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Think of ISIS as a pathogen that preys on weak hosts in the Muslim world. In fact, there is something of a political law:…

— Peter Bergen

ISIS is a radical jihadist group that is increasingly sophisticated in its ability, for example, to radicalize American citizens, in its inability to exploit…

— Marco Rubio

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

ISIS hates the West as an abominable nest of infidels - infidels who reject the Quran and Shariah Law and so must be annihilated.…

— Tom Tancredo

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

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

ISIS is the new jihad - violent jihadist vanguard in the Middle East and globally.

— Michele Flournoy

ISIS is very similar to the Kharijites, who were a toxic off-shoot of Islam. It's not Islam; it's a perversion of Islam, and to…

— Hamza Yusuf

ISIS goes after any group that deviates from its extreme ideology, dissident Muslims, for example, or the Yazidis who practice an ancient religion distinct…

— Tom Gjelten

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

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 have…

— Barack Obama