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The Truth About the Islamic State and End of Days Prophecy

Graeme Wood’s article, “What ISIS Really Wants,” in the March 2015 issue of The Atlantic is a fantastic summary of how the Islamic State (ISIS) interprets Islam – and, perhaps more importantly, how the rest of the Islamic world looks at ISIS. It does a great deal of damage to President Obama’s preferred narrative about how the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam, as well as his characterization of the terror state as “nihilistic.”

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Barack Obama’s Crusades Cop Out

Two days after video of the brutal execution of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State circled the globe, President Obama reminded his mostly Christian audience at the National Prayer Breakfast about the Crusades and the Inquisition. The President framed