article_snippet: Can Christianity survive in the Middle East? "
article_snippet: Not to Graeme Wood, who published a detailed analysis on ISIS' religious inner workings this week in The Atlantic.
article_snippet: ISIS' has claimed for a long time to follow rules, and ISIS' claims that these Sharia courts will impose limits," Edward told CNN.
article_snippet: They can attempt to get credibility by showing that They follow rules and that They have some kind of transparent process that follows They particular implementation of Sharia law.
article_snippet: It's part of the reason al Qaeda has rejected the group, Wood wrote.
article_snippet: Other Islamist groups in Syria have frowned on ISIS' for not submitting to decisions from Sharia courts.
article_snippet: ISIS' has a very narrow definition of who is a real Muslim and who is an apostate.
article_snippet: Foremost, a Muslim must practice Sunni Islam in Sunni Islam eyes.
article_snippet: a Muslim is quick to practice "takfir," which amounts to the excommunication of a Muslim, for things as seemingly petty as shaving off one's beard or voting in an election.
article_snippet: Even in the strictest interpretation of Islam, there is a provision for sparing Christians, Wood wrote.