There seems to be a general assumption that the Islamic State is motivated by a Medieval Ideology which is far from the truth. Firstly it's young it's a generational break from their fathers. This applies to the Western and Middle Eastern Jihadis both. We call it "medieval" because we see it as being radically different.
Their claim that one can only be a Muslim in an Islamic State sounds less from the Koran than from the French Revolution which in itself was the secularisation of an idea that had it's origins in European Christianity. "There is no salvation outside the church" This idea became transformed with the birth of the modern European states into 'outside the state there is no legal person hood" This idea demonstrates its power today. Look at the way we treat refugees, gypsies or persons without documentation.
If Islamic State is profoundly modern, so too is its violence. IS fighters do not simply kill. They seek to humiliate as we saw last week as they herded Syrian reservists wearing only their underpants to their death. And they seek to dishonour the bodies of their victims have we forgotten Abu Grahib and the total humiliation of prisoners by the coalition forces.
Still today French government agencies are prevented by law from collecting data about ethnicity, considered a potential intermediary community between state and citizen. Islamists present themselves as true to their religion, while their parents, so they argue, are mired in tradition or “culture” . It's why so many diverse individuals have come together to fight. Nobody seems to try to address this question of how it's possible. Andrew Bolt believes race, ethnicity, and the cultures that accompany them get in the way an constantly tries to prove the same. A few steps further to the right Bolt could well be ISIS
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