The Mediapolitics of ISIS: Destruction As Ressentiment
... monotheism, which is so emphatic in the Salafi teaching – despite the fact that the official representatives of Islamic states throughout the world condemn the organization and claim that ISIS strayed from the path of officially accepted interpretations of Islam. An important factor to keep in mind is that ISIS has been making use of the antiquities to finance their activities. In addition, Roula Khalaf and Sam Jones claim that ISIS reports, assassinations and human punishments are a way to ‘demonstrate its record to potential donors’. Jeff Stone of ...