Egypt sent in its Special Forces overnite into IS territory in Libya and neutralised part of the IS Libyan leadership. Egypt seems to be taking IS bait for ground forces action.

According to an online statement, IS fighters said they struck in retaliation for Egyptian air strikes.

Part of the problem in countering the group's ideology is that moderate clerics have struggled to come up with a cohesive, modern interpretation, especially of the Quranic verses connected to Muhammad's wars with his enemies.

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And while moderate clerics counter the Islamic State group's interpretation point-by-point, at times they accept the same tenets.

Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb — the grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar, one of Sunni Islam's most prestigious seats of learning — denounced the burning of the Jordanian pilot as a violation of Islam. But then he called for the perpetrators to be subjected to the same punishment that IS prescribes for those who "wage war on Islam" — crucifixion, death or the amputation of hands and legs.

The day the truth about ISIS/ISIL/IS will be told, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia will feature..

@Alphadoti & co, keep calm and watch the spring offensive against IS.. Tikrit then Mosul. Meanwhile, I gather your local Al Shabaabs tried something yesterday on VM. Pole sana.

@Caramba, everything is so clear to everybody but the ignorant. What you see are all acts, it is just a matter of time, and the truth will be known.

THEY ARE THE ONES WHO CREATE ALL THE BAD THINGS.

I bet you didn't know the below?

During the anti-Soviet jihad Bin Laden and his fighters received American and Saudi funding.

Private individuals in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states friendly to the United States are the chief source of funding for al-Qaeda, the Taliban and other terrorist groups, according to leaked US diplomatic cables.

"It has been an ongoing challenge to persuade Saudi officials to treat terrorist financing emanating from Saudi Arabia as a strategic priority," read a cable from Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, dated Dec 30, 2009.

"Donors in Saudi Arabia constitute the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide," added the document.

The Saudis have recognised that they have trouble policing the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, when it is estimated that millions of dollars are raised for militants who send agents into the oil-rich kingdom under the cover of Muslim pilgrims.